Oct 14, 2025 School Board Meeting -10/14/2025

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ISO-CERTIFIED WHEN CALLED. >> MRS. MOSES.

>> I SO CERTIFY. >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF

SILENCE. >> THANK YOU.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET US IN THE PLEDGE? OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH AMENDMENTS?

INAUDIBLE ] >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVED TO AMEND THE AGENDA ORDER BY OMITTING THE POLICY UPDATES FIRST READING TO FOLLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS.

>> I SICKENED IT. >> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MOVED BY MS. ALLEN AND SECONDED BY MS. WIRSING THAT WE AMEND THE AGENDA TO MOVE THE FIRST READING FROM WHERE IT IS ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW TO IN BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS AND CONSENT ITEMS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

>> AYE. OKAY. WE NOW HAVE AN AMENDED BUDGET. AN AMENDED AGENDA. OKAY. OKAY. DR. ARMSTRONG.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WELCOME. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, MR. HARRIS, WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT OUR OCTOBER ECCHO AWARDS . MISS HARRIS, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY.

>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, DR. ARMSTRONG AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT OUR ECCHO AWARDS. FOR THOSE THAT ARE UNAWARE, DR. STANDS FOR EXCELLENCE, COURAGE, MEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO TRULY EXEMPLIFY ONE OR MORE OF THESE VALUES IN THEIR DAILY ACTIONS. THIS QUARTER, WE RECEIVED OVER 50 NOMINATIONS AND AFTER THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE CHOSEN THE GROUP THAT WILL BE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT. WE DO WANT TO DO A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MR. J. BROCKMAN AND MISS ALEXANDRIA AND ANNALEE'S GREECE, WHO MADE THE ECCHO AWARDS FOR US AND REDESIGNED US. THIS IS MADE BY OUR STUDENTS IN OUR CTE PROGRAM. WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH OUR STUDENTS.

MR. JERRY FRY. JERRY FRY IS A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR. HE WAS NOMINATED BY MR. JASON FUNKHOUSER, WHO IS A TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BUT MR. FUNKHOUSER NOMINATED JERRY AS A PARENT. HE SAID JERRY FRY IS STUDENT AT GHS LIFE HAD THE

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RATHER THAN LOOKING DOWN ON YOUNGER PLAYERS, HE WILL COME TO THEM AND LIFTED THEM UP, MAKING A LEFTY -- LASTING IMPACT ON MY SON'S EXPERIENCE. THAT LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TODAY AS ONE OF THE MARINE CORPS JROTC LEADERS, JERRY IT'S MY OLDEST SON, NOW IN EIGHTH GRADER AT 7:00 A.M. WHICH IS EARLY FOR TEENAGERS WITH THE SAME POSITIVITY AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

HIS PRESENCE HAS MOTIVATED MY SON TO PUSH HIMSELF IN WAYS I NEVER EXPECTED. SIMPLY BECAUSE JERRY MAKES THEM FEEL INCLUDED AND INSPIRED. BOTH OF MY CHILDREN HAVE BENEFITED FROM JERRY'S EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP, KINDNESS, AND INCLUSIVITY. HE IS A TRUE ROLE MODEL AND IS FULLY DESERVING OF THE ECCHO AWARD. I AM PROUD TO NOMINATE HIM FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

>> HEY, JERRY, DON'T GO ANYWHERE. WE ARE GOING TO GET A PICTURE. I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE JERRY RUNNING OUT IN STATE PARK LAST WEEK AND DOING A GREAT JOB IN CROSS COUNTRY. AND

INAUDIBLE ] JOINING US, TOO. >> CONGRATULATIONS, JERRY. OUR NEXT STUDENTS ARE HAPPY PRAY AND ASHBY CRONIN. AND WE KNOW THAT ABBY HAD A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT AND IS NOT HERE TONIGHT BUT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER. THESE STUDENTS WERE NOMINATED BY LIZ QUEENER, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND THEY WERE NOMINATED FOR EXCELLENCE. ABBY AND ASHBY IMMEDIATELY JUMPED INTO ACTION TO HELP THEIR FRIEND EXPERIENCING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WERE CALM AND COLLECTED UNDER PRESSURE AND KNEW EXACTLY WHAT STEPS TO TAKE TO ENSURE THEIR FRIEND RECEIVED HELP IMMEDIATELY. THEY SIT WITH THEIR FRIEND THROUGHOUT THE EVENT AND KEPT THEM, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THEY WERE SCARED THEMSELVES.

THEY EVEN KNEW HOW TO REALLY ALL THAT IMPORTANT MEDICAL INFORMATION TO PARAMEDICS WHEN THEY ARRIVED. I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THEIR RESPONSE AND CARE FOR THEIR FRIEND. OUR TEAM IS BEYOND THANKFUL TO THEM. CONGRATULATIONS, ASHBY.

>> DO YOU WANT TO GET IN THE PICTURE? CONGRATULATIONS, ABBY AND ASHBY. IS MISS HEATHER RHODES HERE? WE ALSO HAVE AN AWARD FOR A VERY SPECIAL COMMUNITY MEMBER. MS. RHODES WAS NOMINATED BY THE LIBRARIAN FOR EXCELLENCE. THESE FOLKS WROTE A TON OF STUFF AND I HAD TO SUMMARIZE IT AND GET IT DOWN SO THERE'S LOTS MORE TO SAY. HEATHER HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE THROUGH HER DEDICATION TO OUR SCHOOL OUTDOOR SPACES. HER COMMITMENT WENT FAR BEYOND THE TYPICAL VOLUNTEER ROLE. SHE TOOK INITIATIVE, INVESTED COUNTLESS HOURS AND INSPIRED OTHERS THROUGH HER EFFORT. HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL, PERSEVERANCE WITH TOUGH, PHYSICAL TASKS, AND WILLINGNESS TO DO WHATEVER WAS NEEDED, FROM POWER WASHING TO PLANTING, SHOWCASE HER EXCELLENCE NOT ONLY IN THE QUALITY OF THE FINISHED COURTYARD, BUT ALSO THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE SHE BRINGS TO OUR SCHOOL. SHE EXEMPLIFIES EXCELLENCE BY SETTING A HIGH STANDARD OF CARE, COMMUNITY PRIDE, AND GENEROSITY. HER WORK HAS INCLUDED WASHING THE ENTIRE COURTYARD, HAULING TRASH, PLANTING, PAINTING, WATERING, AND EVEN MOVING HEAVY FURNITURE ALONE. SHE HAS PICKED UP PLANTS, SPRAYED FOR BUGS, AND TAKING CARE OF EVERY DETAIL TO ENSURE THIS SPACE THRIVES. THANKS TO HER VISION, HARD WORK, AND GENEROSITY, OUR COURTYARD HAS BECOME A PEACEFUL OASIS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS CAN GATHER, LEARN, AND RECHARGE. SHE HAS TRULY MADE A LASTING IMPACT

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>> AND NOW ON TO OUR GCPS EMPLOYEES. MR. JACKSON, WHO IS ONE OF OUR BUS DRIVERS. SO, MR. JACKSON WAS NOMINATED BY OUR GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL DEAN OF STUDENTS FOR YOUR EXCELLENCE, CREATIVITY, AND COURAGE, AND HERE IS WHAT HAD TO SAY. ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO SAFE WAS AND AROUND -- I WAS ASKED TO GO TO THE BUS AND MAKE AN ATTEMPT BY GETTING THE STUDENT TO ATTEND HIS CULINARY CLASS. THE STUDENT WAS COMMITTED -- COMMUNICATIVE. MR. JACKSON HELP -- OF THE SITUATION WITH SKILL, KINDNESS AND COMPASSION. HE FELT OUR -- HEALTH -- HELPED OUR STUDENT. IT'S DURING MOMENTS LIKE THESE THAT I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. MR. JACKSON MAY HAVE DONE THIS FOR HUNDREDS OF OTHERS AND SEVER HIS MANY, MANY RATS, YET IT MATTERED MOST FOR THE STUDENT AT THIS TIME. EVENTUALLY THE STUDENT RETURNED SAFELY TO GHS . A WIN-WIN SITUATION THAT I WAS PROUD TO WITNESS. THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, MOLLY VOSS. MOLLY IS ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS. AND MOLLY, OR MS. VOSS WAS BY JADE MILLER FOR HER EXCELLENCE, CREATIVITY, AND OPTIMISM, AND THEY WROTE, MOLLY IS THE DEFINITION OF ABOVE AND BEYOND. STUDENTS LOVE MS. VOSS AND SAID TO HER COLLEAGUES. NOT ONLY IS SHE AN AMAZING TEACHER. SHE SERVES IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE.

SHE CREATES A CUSTOM THAT IS ENERGIZED AND GETS STUDENTS ENERGIZED ABOUT LEARNING. SHE WANTS TO MAKE HISTORY APPLICABLE FOR STUDENTS. SHE PUTS FORTH SO MUCH EFFORT IN HELPING HER SIXTH GRADE TEAM SUCCEED. SHE HAS BEEN INTEGRAL IN HELPING THE SIXTH GRADE TEAM DEVELOP CONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS, POSITIVE BUY-IN FROM ALL AND PLANNING WHEN NEEDED. MOST RECENTLY, MOLLY HAS PLANNED AN INTERACTIVE CSI, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION ABOUT THE BOSTON MASSACRE THAT ENCOURAGED STUDENTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THEIR OWN LEARNING IN A UNIQUE WAY TO TEACH HER STUDENTS ABOUT BISON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS. -- SOURCES.

CONGRATULATIONS, MS. VOSS. NEXT UP, MS. CRYSTAL NIELSEN HALL, WHO IS A CTE TEACHER AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL. CRYSTAL WAS NOMINATED FOR EXCELLENCE, HER CREATIVITY, AND HER OPTIMISM AND THE HARD WORK SHE HAS INTO STARTING HER GREAT PROGRAM. SHE SEES POTENTIAL AND IS GOING THE DISTANCE TO BRING IT TO LIFE.

CRYSTAL HAS COME TO GCPS WITH A TRUE WILLINGNESS TO TACKLE HEART PROJECTS. IN HER FIRST MONTHS HERE, SHE WAS ABLE TO PUT A NEW FACE TO THE TV MEDIA PROGRAM, AMAZED GUEST SPEAKERS AND RELAUNCH THE SCHOOL NEWS PROGRAM ALONG WITH SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS

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CELEBRATED. CONGRATULATIONS. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> AND WE HAVE ONE MORE ECCHO AWARD. MISS HARRIS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. THERE ARE SEVERAL OF US WHO WILL RECEIVE A VERY HARD TIME TOMORROW FOR PUTTING MISS HARRIS ON THE SPOT.

BUT MISS HARRIS WAS NOMINATED BY A FEW FOLKS. WE ARE SUMMARIZING BECAUSE THIS ISN'T THE MISS HARRIS SHOW AT THE MOMENT.

USUALLY EVERY OTHER DAY, THOUGH. MISS HARRIS IS OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ASHTON BLACKLEY NOMINATED YOU FOR AN ECCHO AWARD. I'M GOING TO READ WHAT SHE WROTE. THERE WERE OTHERS THAT NOMINATED YOU, AS WELL. THE SUM SET UP THE BEST, THOUGH. SHE IS UNWAVERING IN HER SUPPORT FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE AT GCPS. SHE ALWAYS MAKES HER SELF AVAILABLE TO MEET OUR NEEDS AND WILL LOOK FOR EVERY POSSIBLE AVENUE TO SAY YES TO OUR REQUESTS. THE DAY AFTER MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN AND I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MY HUSBAND, HELPING TO ANSWER ALL OF MY PANICKED HEALTH INSURANCE QUESTIONS. I WAS SERIOUSLY SILLY AND SHE WAS SO PATIENT AND KIND WITH ME.

EMPLOYEES ARE OFTEN TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE HAS HELPED THEM NAVIGATE NOT ONLY BENEFIT AND EMPLOYMENT RELATED QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO, THE SPACE WHERE OUR PROFESSIONAL LIVES MEET OUR PERSONAL FEELINGS. DEMETRA WORKS SO HARD AND ESPECIALLY HAS THE LAST FEW YEARS. SHE DESERVES TO BE HONORED. CONGRATULATIONS,

MISS HARRIS. >> OKAY. TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. DR.

ARMSTRONG. >> OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS A RECOGNIZED MONTH FOR SEVERAL DIMENSIONS OF OUR EXPERIENCE HERE IN GOOCHLAND. HE HEARD A LITTLE ABOUT HISPANIC OR DIG.

DISABILITY HISTORY AND AWARENESS MONTH. AND SAFETY AND AWARENESS MONTH. YES. LOVE IT. AWESOME. AND YOU ENJOY YOUR COUPLE OF

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OUR NEXT STUDENT HOLIDAY BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE MEET AGAIN WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 4TH, WHICH IS ELECTION DAY, AND WE ARE GOING TO HOLD OUR VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY ON NOVEMBER 11TH, WHICH IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY HERE FOR US AT GCPS. THAT WILL BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'LL CONVENE WITH THE BOARD HERE FOR OUR NOVEMBER TRAILER BUSINESS MEETING ON THE SAME DAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, AT FIVE, 30 FOR CLOSE AND SIX CLOCK FOR OPEN BUSINESS MEETING. THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THAT -- NOW. MADAM CHAIR.

ESPECIALLY GIVEN US. WE ARE NOW AT PUBLIC COMMENT. DO YOU HAVE A LIST? IT APPEARS AS THOUGH NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP, SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, COME ON UP. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND AT LEAST YOUR DISTRICT NUMBER. OKAY. AND YOU

HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREVIEW THE DATA PRESENTATION. GOSH, GOOCHLAND HAS A LOT TO BE CELEBRATED. IS THERE A TEAM THAT DELVES INTO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE RESULTS? THAT COULD BE INSTRUCTIVE FOR MAKING ANY CHANGES THAT ADDRESS AREAS OF CONCERN. I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT DATA. FROM A PURELY NUMBERS PERSPECTIVE, THE DATA LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. IMPROVEMENT IN ONE MEASURE AND MAINTENANCE PERCENTAGE IN THE OTHER TWO. YET, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE PERCENTAGE MEANS, IF I HAVE THE NUMBERS RIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET, WE HAVE 2500 STUDENTS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL, THAT MEANS 400. AT LEAST 40% OF THE STUDENTS DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY ARE INVOLVED. AND A SENSE OF BELONGING IS TIED TO A SENSE OF EMOTIONAL SAFETY, TO A SENSE OF BEING HEARD, SEEN, AND VALUED WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT. I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU WILL DIG INTO THIS DATA. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S KEEPING SO MANY STUDENTS FROM FEELING A SENSE OF TALKING. WE ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH STUDENTS? PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF. I ALSO WONDER IF THERE IS A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE DATA AND THE DISPARITY IN PERFORMANCE SEEN WHEN DATA IS BROKEN INTO RACE, CITY, AND DISABILITY CATEGORIES. THERE ARE COMPONENTS OF THE PERFORMANCE DATA THAT ARE QUITE INTRIGUING.

WHILE IT MAY BE OBVIOUS TO YOU, IT WAS STRIKING FOR ME TO SEE THE LOW READING AND MATH FOR THE SIXTH-GRADERS. I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS UNLESS IT IS RELATED TO THE STRESS OF BEGETTING A MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER. IT IS SO MUCH LOWER.

ANYWAY, IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE THE STUDENTS DO SO WELL. THE GRADUATION RATE IS GREAT, AND YET IT IS EASY TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE KIDS WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN THE FACE OF SUCH GOOD RESULTS. I HOPE YOU'LL USE THE INFORMATION TO HELP FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP ALL THE STUDENTS THRIVE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK?

>> GOOD EVENING. KAREN HORN. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2. JUST A QUICK NOTE TONIGHT. AGENDA ITEM 11 IS IN REFERENCE TO HOW THIS BOARD IS USING SCHOOL TURNBACK FUNDS. WE SAW TONIGHT SOME EXAMPLES OF AMAZING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. THESE FOLKS ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS

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ARMSTRONG. DR. ARMSTRONG IS A WONDERFUL MAN, A WONDERFUL EDUCATOR AND HE IS WELL EDUCATED, HOWEVER -- HAVE BEEN MADE AND COST US TAX DOLLARS. THEY SHOULD BE GOING TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR CLASSROOM NEEDS. INSTEAD, WE HAVE TURNBACK FUNDS ONE TIME FUNDING FOR UNBUDGETED ITEMS -- 34,000 IS GOING TO DR. CROMARTIE, WHO, RIGHTFULLY, SHOULD BE GETTING THOSE FUNDS, BECAUSE HE WAS A CONTRACTED , AND VERY SUCCESSFUL SUPERINTENDENT. SO, 34,000 IS JUST PART OF THE 280,000 THAT IS BEING SPENT, AND THAT , AGAIN, IS OUR CITIZENS TAX DOLLARS, SO THAT IS ALL. JUST A REMINDER. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, THIS ONE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? PUBLIC COMMENT IS

CLOSED. MR. FARKUS. >> ALL RIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO ALL OF THE PRINCIPLES FOR THE GCPS SCHOOLS AND HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. START OUT WITH OUR HAS COOLANTS. TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD HOMECOMING WEEK WHICH WAS -- WE HAD HOMECOMING SPIRIT WEEK ON MONDAY. STUDENTS BROUGHT ANYTHING BUT A BACKPACK TO SCHOOL. SOME FAVORITES WERE A SHOPPING CART, FRIDGE, A KAYAK. I BROUGHT THE KAYAK. IT WAS A FUN TIME. THAT NIGHT WE HAD OUR ANNUAL POWER PUFF -- POWDER PUFF GAME. MCKENNA ALLEN LED TOUCHDOWN RUNS AND TEAM DEFENSE LOCKED DOWN THE JUNIOR SCORING OPPORTUNITIES. TUESDAY WAS TWIN TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY WAS COUNTRY VERSUS COUNTRY CLUB WHERE STUDENTS COULD WEAR THEIR PREPPY OR CAMO GEAR. THURSDAY WAS THROWBACK THURSDAY. AND THAT EVENING, STUDENTS -- SENIORS WERE ALLOWED TO CHALK THEIR PARKING SPOTS. CONGRATS TO BRAXTON AND KELLY WHO WON THE SENIOR CHALLENGE. AND ADDISON PRICE WAS THIRD. RALLY, TAYLOR, AND WERE SECOND. THAT FRIDAY WAS BOLD, RED, AND GOLD, WHERE STUDENTS SHOW SCHOOL SPIRIT DURING SCHOOL THAT DAY. WE HAVE A PEP RALLY WHERE WE RECOGNIZE SENIORS PARTICIPATING IN FALL SPORTS. OUR -- DID A GREAT JOB PERFORMED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. THEY DID AMAZING AND BROUGHT LOTS OF ENERGY AND FOR THE EVENTS WE HAD A RELAY RACE, TUG-OF-WAR AND COMPETITION AS SENIORS WON THE EVENTS . THE PEP RALLY. THE WEEK WITH AN AMAZING NIGHT ON SATURDAY WHERE WE RECOGNIZED OUR HOMECOMING COURT AT THE HOMECOMING DANCE. OUR NINTH-GRADE PRINCE AND PRINCESS -- MICHAEL JOHNSON AND ADELINE EAST. 11TH GRADE WAS WILHITE AND REGINA WALTRIP. ADRIAN AARON, ANDRE SMITH, ZACHARY WILLARD, CHANEL SMITH, AND JORDAN WILSON.

EYEM AARON. ALL GCPS SCHOOLS CELEBRATED ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEDNESDAY. ALL STUDENTS HAD PERFECT ATTENDANCE WERE GIVEN ICE CREAM AS A REWARD. OUR BULLDOG SPORTS WERE ALSO UP AND RUNNING. OUR CHEER TEAM HAD A COMPETITION ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH. THIS SATURDAY, WHERE THEY FINISHED FIRST. AND THEN THEY TRAVELED ABROAD FOR ANOTHER INVITATIONAL SIN. OFTEN, HUGE CONGRATS TO LANCE COLEMAN FOR HIS FIRST PLACE FINISH AT GREEN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB LAST TUESDAY.

LANCE SHOT 4 OVER PAR 75 TO MAKE MEDALIST HONORS. FRESHMAN CAYLA WILLIAMS AND SENIOR WILL JONES ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE FRONT ROYAL. THIS TUESDAY. THIS WASN'T LANCE'S BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK. ON WEDNESDAY, HE CAPTURED A SHARE OF THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A BLISTERING 3 UNDER PAR 69.

CRAZY TO THINK THAT MY TIME ON THE SPORT IS ALMOST DONE. SO I'M GONNA SHOUT OUT THE JUNIORS THAT WERE NOMINATED TO FILL MY SPOT. ELLA CHUNING. WILL HIRE. RYAN JOHNSON, NOMINATED BY DR.

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THEIR CHIN WITH THEIR STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS. WE HAD A WONDERFUL PTS 18. THEY'RE GIVING STUDENTS PENS FOR THEIR BIRTHDAYS, AND ALL OF THE INTEGRATORS ARE GETTING TO FULFILL SOME OF THEIR WISHES WITH THE EIGHTH-GRADE WISH PROGRAM. FOR RANDOLPH, THEY CELEBRATED ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH BY A FUN WEEK OF SPIRIT DAYS TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL. THEY WANT TO THINK ALL THE AMAZING PARENTS AND VOLUNTEERS. STUDENTS EARN AND REDEEM COUPONS FOR HALF-DAY, BRING A STUFFED ANIMAL TO SCHOOL AND EVEN A CHANCE TO READ THE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THEIR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS INCLUDING CHORUS, GARDEN CLUB, ROBOTICS AND GIRLS ON THE ROOF ARE IN FULL SWING. THEIR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS ENJOY THE TEST FOR A TAILGATE SUPPORTED BY PARENTS, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS.

JUST GOT TO LEARN ABOUT MATH AND SCIENCE. HAVING SOME FUN BEFORE THE HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME THAT EVENING AND THEIR THIRD-GRADERS -- I LOVE THEIR VISIT. THEY ARE ANTICIPATING THEIR FIELD TRIP HERE SHORTLY. THE GOOCHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE BUZZING WITH ACTIVITY. THE OLDER STUDENTS ARE PAIRING UP WITH PRIMARY GRADES THIS YEAR TO ENJOY READING TOGETHER. BUS 93 WAS RECOGNIZED FOR DEMONSTRATING THE BEST BUS BEHAVIOR IN SEPTEMBER WHICH IS PART OF THEIR NEW BUS TICKET AWARD SYSTEM. THE THIRD-GRADERS ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THEIR KINDNESS LESSONS INAUDIBLE ] RANDOLPH. ALL GRADE LEVELS HAVE MET WITH THEIR NEW INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY COACH TO EXPLORE WAYS TO INTEGRATE COMPUTER SCIENCE STANDARDS INTO DAILY STRUCTURE. STUDENTS IN GRADES FOUR AND FIVE HAVE KICKED OFF THEIR READING OLYMPICS WITH 53 STUDENTS GOING WILD FOR READING. THE TERM IS SET FOR MARCH PROCEDURES FOLLOWING THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS, A CREATIVE WAY FOR THEM TO LEARN SOME MATH. AND AT BIRTH, THEY CELEBRATED MR. MYLER DAY A COUPLE OF DAYS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR BIRD.

SHOUT-OUT, MR. MYLER. THAT'S ALL I GOT. GOOCHLAND SCHOOLS ARE UP AND RUNNING AND THEY ARE ALL GREAT.

>> MR. FARKUS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND MISS MCCOURT FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR AND BEST TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU. DR. ARMSTRONG. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

>> I NOTE CERTAIN. >> THERE IS MORE DETAILS. SAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE HAD SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPEN. THEY REALLY MISSED FOUR OF OUR GOOCHLAND STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED THE GOVERNORS SCHOOL. NATIONAL MERIT STUDENTS GOOCHLAND HAD FOR

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WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. WE SHARE OUR IDEAS. WE HAVE A GREAT NETWORK THERE. APPRECIATE THE HOSPITALITY OF X WHO IS HAVING A BOARD MEETING TONIGHT AFTER HOSTING US FOR THE BETTER PART OF THREE DAYS IN 19 IN SALEM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE WITH THE BOARD AND OUR STAFF ABOUT WHAT WE LEARNED THEIR INSULIN. I SEE SERGEANT LEBO IN THE BACK AND I WANT TO NOTE THAT AS WELL IS MR. COX, WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SOFTBALL TEAM THAT WILL COMPETE AGAINST A GOOCHLAND COUNTY'S AWFUL TEAM TO KICKOFF A GRAND REOPENING OF SORTS AT THE GOOCHLAND RECREATION ASSOCIATION SCHEDULED FOR HIDING IN. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. SERGEANT LEBO, ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF RECREATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS WE ARE EXCITED TO GET OUR SCHOOL TEAM ANOTHER INCH OF THE COUNTY WHO IS BOSS. WE WOULD INVITE EVERYONE TO COME AND WATCH US DOMINATE AT THE NEWLY REFURBISHED FIELDS SO THINK IT IS FOR THAT. FINALLY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE JEWISH FAITH THIS PAST MONTH. WE CELEBRATED HIGH HOLIDAYS. ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR. AND MADAM CHAIR, THAT IS

ALL FOR MY COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU, DR. ARMSTRONG. WE HAVE CHANGE THE AGENDA. AMENDED IT. DR. EAST IS GOING TO GIVE US

OUR FIRST MEETING UPDATE. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, DR. ARMSTRONG. SAM. THANK YOU FOR MOVING ME UP.

I TOLD MY HUSBAND -- I SAID I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING. WHAT TIME I'M GOING TO BE HOME TONIGHT, BUT NOW GOING TO BE HOME SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. FOR FIRST READING, I ONLY HAVE -- IT IS PRETTY EASY SLEEP. A LOT OF NONSUBSTITUTED POLICY REVISIONS, BUT I WANTED YOU TO LOOK AT IKF-$, THE REVISED BOX LOOKS DISTORTED BUT IT LOOKS FINE IN COMMUNITY, SO JUST KNOW THAT THE TRANSFER FROM ONE PLATFORM TO ANOTHER MESSED UP THE CHART FOR WHATEVER REASON. BUT I ALSO NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT LBD. LBD REALLY IS THE MOST SUBSTANTIVE POLICY THAT WE HAD TONIGHT AND IT'S ALL BASED ON LEGISLATION . JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH LAW. IN JUST A MOMENT, YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT YOUR SECOND READING POLICIES AND VOTING TO APPROVE. LAST MONTH, MRS. ALAN ASKED ME TO TAKE A LOOK AT IIBE, WHICH IS THE INTERNET DOES WHAT IS IT CALLED? INTERNET -- YES.

THANK YOU. I COULDN'T FIND IT ON THIS LIST. INTERNET SAFETY -- SHE WANTED US TO STREAMLINE -- TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY POLICIES WE HAVE OUT THERE. WE DIDN'T SEE ANY OVERLAPPING LANGUAGE. THEY WERE ALL PRETTY CONSISTENT. WITH THEIR CONTENT. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT. THAT'S

ALL I HAD TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU. . WE ARE TO THE CONSENT ITEMS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS AS A SLATE OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIVIDE THE SLATE?

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>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS A

SLATE. >> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS A SLATE. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> MADAM CHAIR, I SECOND THAT. >> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY MS. WIRSING AND SECONDED BY MS. MAXWELL TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS A SLATE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING THEM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE SLATE, SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> THE MOTION IS APPROVED AND WE HAVE AN APPROVED CONSENT ITEMS. OKAY. DR. GEYER

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WHILE DR. GEYER HEADS UP TO THE PODIUM, I DO WANT TO GET YOU ALL READY FOR WHAT I THINK IS OUR ESTIMATE AND PRESENTATION THAT WE GIVE EVERY YEAR. AS WE LOOK AT OUR OUTCOME DATA DIVISION, TO THINK DR. GEYER, SAM CAMPBELL, STACY, WHO PUT TOGETHER A COMPLEX SET OF DATA INTO THIS PRESENTATION EVERY YEAR. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE AND ALL DIVISIONS STATEWIDE ARE STILL AWAITING FINAL DATA FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELATED TO THE '24-'25 -- IT IS WANTED AND WHAT WE DO KNOW BUT IT IS UNOFFICIAL UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT PUBLICLY RELEASES THAT INFORMATION BOTH TO SUPERINTENDENTS AS WELL AS TO THE PUBLIC. WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE THIS WEEK BUT I'M NOT SURE WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, SO WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. I'M CONCERNED THE COMPLICITY OF THIS PRESENTATION -- WE APPRECIATE THE INDIVIDUAL TO BUY TWO CONVERSATIONS WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE US WORK WITH BOARD MEMBERS TO SHARE DETAIL OUT OF THIS. YOU WILL HAVE TIME TO DIG INTO THIS, AS WELL. SO, DR. GEYER, IT'S ALL YOURS.

>> THANKS FOR THAT INTRODUCTION, DR. ARMSTRONG. MADAM CHAIR, DR.

ARMSTRONG, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, IT STRUCK ME, BEING IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THE BOARD MEETING FROM THE BEGINNING UNTIL NOW TO JUST KIND OF RECOGNIZE THIS EXPERIENCE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE. RECOGNIZING SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE STUDENTS AS WELL AS STAFF RECOGNITIONS. THAT REALLY, THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE, THE WAY STUDENTS EXPERIENCE SCHOOL, THE WAY OUR TEACHERS EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE DIVISION, AT THE END OF THE DAY IN A LOT OF WAYS, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. BUT ALSO IT STRIKES ME THAT IT'S HIGHLY CONNECTED TO THE SUBJECTIVE DATA THAT WE REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. REALLY, OUR PERFORMANCE DATA GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE KIND OF EXPERIENCES WE WANT STUDENTS HAVE. I'M GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOU FOR TAKING ADDITIONAL TIME LAST WEEK TO REALLY DIG IN AND ASK SOME GREAT QUESTIONS. TONIGHT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW LIQUIDY EVERY OPPORTUNITY OUR HIGH-LEVEL DATA. WE WILL TAKE IT IN CHUNKS AND IN TERMS OF WHERE WE GO FROM HERE, AND WE REMIND OUR PUBLIC AND THE BOARD THIS TIME EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE QUARTERLY DATA MEETINGS WITH OUR PRINCIPLES -- QUARTER NUMBER ONE IS ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK. AND WE DIG IN TO ALL OF THIS DATA REALLY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STUDENT LEVEL, AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE PATH FORWARD FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR STUDENTS, GIFTED PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS, WE DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR KOSOVO STATE AT MEETINGS WITH THE PRINCIPLES ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VEHICLES FOR TAKING THIS DATA AND MAKING IT ACTIONABLE FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. I DID WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT. I WANT TO JUMP RIGHT INTO AS DR. ARMSTRONG SAID, THE ACCOUNTABILITY DATA FROM THE STATE LEVEL. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT INVENTING CHANGES TO THE ACCOUNT ABILITY SYSTEM IN VIRGINIA, SO OUT WITH THE OLD SYSTEM, AND WITH THE NEW. THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE NEW FRAMEWORK WHICH INCLUDES MASTERY, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ON STATE TESTS OR SOL TESTS. GROWTH. THERE IS A PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH THAT GOES INTO EACH OF OUR SCHOOL SCORES, AS WELL. AND READINESS AND YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE SIDE THERE IN FRONT OF YOU HOW THAT IS THE DECISIONS WERE MADE AT THE STATE LEVEL TO HAVE THOSE PLATES CHANGE FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL, SO THAT'S THE -- OFFICIAL AT THE STATE LEVEL. ALL THAT DATA GOES INTO EACH SCHOOL ACROSS VIRGINIA. I WAS A SCHOOL OUT OF 100. IT COULD BE AS LOW AS A ZERO, AS HIGH AS 100, AND DESIGNATIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES ARE LISTED THERE.

SCHOOL DIVISIONS THAT RECEIVE 90 TO 100 POINTS ARE IDENTIFIED AS DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS. SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE BETWEEN 80 AND 89

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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS HERE IS WHAT THE STATE HAS PROVIDED SO FAR UNOFFICIALLY. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THESE EMBERS COULD CHANGE. I WOULD IMAGINE THEY WOULD CHANGE. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD CHANGE BY MORE THAN A POINT OR TWO.

HERE ARE RESULTS BASED ON LAST YEAR'S PERFORMANCE. THERE ARE STILL SOME QUESTIONS THAT THE STATE IS YET TO CLARIFY FOR SCHOOL DIVISIONS AROUND THE CORRELATION OF GROWTH, FOR EXAMPLE. WE ARE STILL AWAITING DETAILS TO THAT. BUT BY AND LARGE, WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHERE SCHOOL SCORES ARE.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -- GOOCHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL -- DESIGNATED AS ONTRACK AND RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND -- HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS DISTINGUISHED. THERE ARE SOME NOTEWORTHY RESULTS THERE, AS WELL. WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS ACROSS VIRGINIA WHICH WOULD GIVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SCHOOL'S PERFORMANCE IN RELATION TO THE REST OF THE STATE. WE DON'T HAVE IT YET. SOMETIMES ON THE ROAD, I LOOK FORWARD TO BRING THIS DATA BACK WHERE WE CAN PUT IT IN GREATER CONTEXT. SO THAT'S ACCREDITATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AGAIN, UNOFFICIAL AT THIS POINT. SO, NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO DIG INTO STUDENT GROWTH. I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT THE STATE HAS NOT CLARIFIED THEIR DECORATIONS FOR GROWTH. WE AS THE BOARD ARE WELL AWARE THAT WE USED THE MATH ASSESSMENT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE NOW TO MEASURE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GROWTH. I'VE GONE INTO DETAIL IN THE PAST. I WON'T TONIGHT BUT RECONDITIONING. WE LOOKED AT THE SCORES OUT OF 100. RIGHT. WE ARE KIND OF USED TO THAT. WE WILL GET SCORES HERE IN A FEW MINUTES OUT OF 100. THE MATH ASSESSMENT IS A VERY DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT. IT INDIVIDUALIZE HIS STUDENT GROWTH FOR EVERY TASK -- TEST A HEADACHE THAT IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THROUGH THE NATIONAL NORMING PROCESS SHOULD GET THE DISTRIBUTION CURVE AROUND THE 50TH% AND WE HAVE TO RECONDITION OURSELVES ON WHAT WE LOOK FOR AS STRONG SCORES TO SAY THAT REALLY OUR TARGET IS 50 AND ABOVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MATH ASSESSMENT.

SO I'M GOING TO SHOW THIS DATA IN WAYS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IT IN THE PAST AS HER MENTOR IN TERMS OF HISTORY USING MAP, WHICH STANDS FOR MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS. WE HAVE USED IT FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS. SEVEN YEARS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO YOU SEE SOME LONGITUDINAL DATA, AS WELL. THIS FIRST CHART SHOWS YOU THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT MET THEIR FALL TO SPRING GROWTH GOAL, AND AS A REMINDER FOR THE PUBLIC, WHEN OUR STUDENTS TAKE THIS ASSESSMENT IN THE FALL, IF THEY'RE NOT A FIRST-TIME TEST TAKER, IT HAS ALL OF THEIR PREVIOUS DATA OPPORTUNITIES TAKING THE TEST ETHICS UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF ESTIMATED THE TEST SO IT'S INDIVIDUAL RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AND THEN IT SETS FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL STUDENT A GOAL BASED ON THE NATIONAL NORMING PROCESS OF WHAT THEY SHOULD ACHIEVE BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WHAT IS HER PRESENT IS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS MET OR EXCEEDED THAT FALL GROWTH GOAL. AS WE LOOK AT WHAT MATH WOULD TELL US TO EXPECT AROUND THE 15TH -- 50TH PERCENTILE. WE HIGHLIGHTED THE 50TH PERCENTILE IN PINK. AND YOU CAN SEE OUR RESULTS WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS ARE REALLY STRONG AND WHAT MAP WITH TELUS IS ANYTHING ABOVE THAT 60% MARK IS UNUSUAL. WE ARE PROUD OF THESE GROWTH RESULTS IN READING. THAT OUTLIER IN SIXTH GRADE I TALKED AT LENGTH WITH BOARD MEMBERS. WE TALKED BEFORE PUBLICLY ABOUT THE TRANSITION FROM 5TH TO 6TH GRADE, BEING IN LARGE PART BASED ON THE TEST CHANGING. THE ELEMENT TREE SCHOOL LEVEL SINCE TAKE THE 225 TEST AND THAT TEST ONLY REACHES UP TO SOME GREAT CONTENT IN TERMS OF HOW HIGH THAT CEILING IS AND WHEN THEY TRANSITION TO SIXTH GRADE, THEY TAKE THE 6+ TEST AND THAT INCLUDES CONTENT THAT IS ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGH SCHOOL, SO THE PHENOMENA, AND WE TALKED TO PSYCHOMETRICIAN'S IN MATH ABOUT THIS. TYPICAL FOR SCHOOL DIVISIONS THAT HAVE HIGH PERFORMANCE AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCELERATION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. IN SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THOSE HIGH-PERFORMING STUDENTS THAT TOP OUT AS FIFTH-GRADERS IN MATH IS AN EASIER EXAMPLE. WE HAVE

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RIGHT. I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. AND YOU ALL PROBABLY REMEMBER THERE WAS A TIME IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION THAT WE USED THE GALLUP STUDENT POLL AS AN INDICATOR OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. THAT EITHER WENT AWAY OR STARTED TO COST MONEY.

IT USED TO BE FREE. EITHER WENT AWAY ALTOGETHER OR IT BECAME AN EXPENSIVE WE MADE THE SHIFT TO OUR SENSE OF LONGING AND INCLUSION SURVEY AND JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE BOARD, THE FIRST YEAR ADMINISTRATION OF THAT SURVEY LISTEN TO THIS AND 21, 22, AND THAT SURVEY INCLUDES STUDENTS IN GRADES FOUR THROUGH 12 AND FAMILIES HAVE OPTED OUT OF THAT SURVEY FOR THEIR CHILDREN. OTHERWISE, THAT INCLUDES ALL STUDENTS, FOUR THROUGH 12TH, SO THERE IS AN ELEMENTARY COMPONENT TO THE DATA AND A HIGH SCHOOL COMPONENT. ALTHOUGH IT DOES WHAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU IS OUR DIVISION I DATA. I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THE SAME THREE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED YEARS AGO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WE FEEL LIKE IN THE SURVEY. IN TERMS OF GAUGING STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND THE STUDENTS SENSE OF ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS THEIR EXPERIENCE AT SCHOOL. THE FIRST QUESTION IS A GREAT ONE. I FEEL LIKE I BELONG AT MY SCHOOL. HERE IS WHAT THE DATA FROM LAST YEAR TELLS US. I WILL READ EACH PART OF THE BAR GRAPH TO YOU, BUT THE SAY, GREEN AND BLUE ARE GOOD. BLUE IS OBVIOUSLY WHERE WE WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO BE. BUT IN TERMS OF POSITIVE RESPONSES SLIGHTLY AGREE, AGREE CATEGORY, WE PRESENTED IN THE PAST IS HOW THOSE THREE COMBINED HISTORICALLY IN 783% OF OUR RESPONDENTS CHOSE A RESPONSE IN ONE OF THOSE THREE AREAS, WHICH

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SO NO UPWARD TICK HERE BUT IT DIDN'T GO THE WRONG DIRECTION.

AND OBVIOUSLY, ANNA, OUR FOCUS IS WHEN YOU SEE RESULTS LIKE THIS, HOW ABOUT THE 20% THAT DON'T FEEL CONNECTED TO AN ADULT AT SCHOOL. THAT DRIVES A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH -- WITHIN CLASSROOMS -- EXTRACURRICULAR, CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. OFTENTIMES AS A COACH, IT IS THIS DRAMA -- SPONSOR -- YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THAT QUESTION IS GOING TO COME FROM. WITH BUT HOW CAN WE CONNECT STUDENTS WITH THEIR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE WHETHER IT IS IN THE TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM SETTINGS FOR THE RESPITE THAT WILL DRIVE A LOT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, THE SLIPPERY AND THE THIRD QUESTION, THE ULTIMATE SCHOOL CARE ABOUT ME.

INTERESTINGLY, ANYTHING ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT QUESTION AND THE PREVIOUS ONE, THESE RESULTS ARE ACTUALLY MUCH STRONGER. 90% OF STUDENTS RESPONDED EITHER SLIGHTLY AGREE, AGREE, OR STRONGLY AGREE. AGAIN, UNCHANGED FROM LESTER'S RESULTS AND ALSO TIED WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE SINCE WE STARTED ADMINISTERING THE SURVEY. SO, AGAIN. NOT AN UPTICK BUT NOT GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION, AND OBVIOUSLY, AS WE GO UP INTO THE 90S, IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE CHALLENGING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER, BUT AGAIN, IT DRIVES OUR WORK, AND REALLY, OUR PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF PROGRAM PLANNING FOR STUDENTS.

SO WE HAVE USED THAT SURVEY TO CAPTURE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT.

BEFORE THAT, I WILL COME INTO THIS STUDENT DATA, WHICH IS REALLY OUR SOL DATA. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE STUDENT DATA?

>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN OUR 2 X 2. I WOULD SAY SOME OF THAT IS SUBJECTIVE. HOW SOMEONE IS FEELING ON ANY GIVEN DAY. HOW THEIR DAY WENT THAT THEY WANTED TO GET. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT PLAYS A BIG PART. SPEC ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. AND I WILL SAY, -- IS MR. HAHN STANDING BEHIND ME? THE HIGH SCHOOL -- GALLUP TOLD US IT IS MORE AND MORE CHALLENGING TO KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED IN THEIR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SCHOOL AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S EASY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL BUT THE DATA WILL TELL US IT IS EASIER AND IT BECOMES HARDER AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT MR. HAHN AND HIS TEAM -- MR. GORDON AND HIS TEAM AS WELL AS OUR ELEMENTARY POSSIBLE TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR FACULTY ON A REGULAR BASIS ABOUT HOW DO WE KEEP OUR KIDS CONNECTED TO THEIR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE? BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS A SNOWBALL EFFECT.

WHEN THEY ARE CONNECTED, THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE.

THEY OFTEN GIVE THEIR BEST EFFORT IN TERMS OF LEARNING. WE SEE THAT IN THE RESULTS SO IT IS VERY PURPOSEFUL, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN UNTIL WE GET THOSE NUMBERS

TO 100. >> DO WE KNOW HOW THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE FOR TOTAL PARTICIPATION -- HOW MANY

STUDENTS OPTED OUT -- >> I DON'T HAVE IT AT MY FINGERTIPS, BUT I WILL SAY, IN TERMS OF OPT OUTS, IT IS 1% OR FEWER, SO IT IS A VERY HIGH RETURN RATE.

>> ALONG WITH THAT, WHAT TIME OF DAY DO THEY TAKE THE SURVEY?

>> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. ONE OF OUR PRINCIPALS

MIGHT BE ABLE TO >> OKAY. SPEC OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> BOARD MEMBERS, ARE YOU GOOD IF I MOVE INTO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT? SO AGAIN, THIS WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE STATE TESTING, WHICH IS THE STANCE OF LEARNING ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT STUDENTS SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AND WE WILL PRESENT SOME OF THE STATE IN WAYS THEY HAVE SEEN BEFORE. SOME SLIDES AND KIND OF A DIFFERENT WAY TO PRESENT SOME OF THE SAME RESULTS. THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE STARTED WITHIN THE PAST IS OUR REGIONAL RANKINGS IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE, AND THIS IS OVERALL PASS RATES FOR THE DIVISION. OUR COMPARISON GROUP IS WHAT WE CONSIDER KIND OF OUR

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READING, WE WERE FIRST LAST YEAR. WE HAVE AN 81% PASS RATE.

THERE ARE TWO DIVISIONS THAT HAVE AN 82% PASS RATE. THEY TIED FOR FIRST IN THE REGION AND WE WERE A PERCENTAGE POINT AWAY FROM BEING A THREE-WAY TIE FOR FIRST IN WRITING. EVERY STUDENT OBVIOUSLY MATTERS IN GENERAL, AND MATTERS IN TERMS OF THESE RANKINGS, AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE OUR PASS RATES FOR LAST YEAR ACROSS DIVISIONS. I WILL BREAK THOSE DOWN IN MUCH MORE DETAIL IN A MINUTE AS WELL AS REGIONAL AND STATE RANK. I DID WANT TO SPEND JUST A MINUTE TO BREAK APART THE STATE RANKINGS. THEY SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE PUBLICITY IN THE NEWS MEDIA THEN WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST, SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FOR THAT. IF YOU FOLLOW MY THINKING HERE, THE RED LINE REPRESENTS OUR ENGLISH PERFORMS. GREEN IS SCIENCE. BLUE IS MATH AND ORANGES HISTORY. SO THIS IS OUR STATE RANK CURRENTLY BASED ON LAST YEAR'S DATA. 17TH IN READING, 19TH IN HISTORY, 34TH IN MATH. 38 IN SCIENCE. SO I THINK I CHOSE READING TO JUST SHOW YOU -- AND WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE IS THE 10 YEAR TREND IN TERMS OF WHERE WE RANK IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA HISTORICALLY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND SO WHAT I HAVE DONE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE TRENDLINES IS TO SHOW YOU OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, KIND OF WARY OF THE SQUARES ARE HIGH WATERMARK" REMARK IN TERMS OF READING. HERE IS READING AND ENGLISH AND IT SHOULD SEE THAT THE LOS WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED 10 YEARS IS IN 2001. WE ARE 27TH OUT OF 131 SCHOOL DIVISIONS. STILL RELATIVELY STRONG RESULTS. BACK IN TWO DOZEN 14 AND IS A 15TH, WE WERE TENT IN THE STATE. AND THIS YEAR IN READING, WHAT YOU SEE, I'LL PUT THE REST OF THESE UP HERE IN A SECOND, WE ARE IN BETWEEN WHERE ARE HIGH WATERMARK AND LOW WATERMARKS HAVE BEEN LOST IN YOU SPIT THE LITTLE CARROT UP ON THE TENT IS TO SHOW YOU THAT IS THE HIGH WATERMARK.

THE CURRENT DATA THAT 20TH IS THE LOW WATERMARK AND HERE IS WHERE WE ARE WITH EACH OF THOSE FOUR QUARTERS HISTORICALLY. SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, YOU MAY FEEL LIKE THERE'S A SHARP INCREASE, A SHARP DECLINE. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK. IT REMINDS ME OF LOOKING AT THE STOCK MARKET.

WHAT DOES THIS WEEK THE CLICK COMPARED TO WHAT IS THIS MONTH LOOK LIKE. HERE IS A PROPERTY OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, I CAN SEE 17TH, 19TH, 34TH, 30TH. IT IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN TERMS OF STATE RANK. THE OTHER SIDE THAT WE HAVE SHOWN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND I WON'T PROVIDE A WHOLE LOT OF COMMENTARY OTHER THAN TO SAY FOLKS ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HOW DOES OUR PERFORMS OUT OF THE 131 SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN VIRGINIA RELATE TO OUR RANK IN PER-PUPIL FUNDING? THIS IS FROM THE SOURCES NOTED AT THE BOTTOM. YOU CAN SEE THAT LAST YEAR, GOOCHLAND WAS RANKED 52ND OUT OF 131 SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN TERMS OF PER-PUPIL FUNDING. FOLKS WANT TO SEE THAT JUXTAPOSED WITH OUR PERFORMANCE RESULTS. AND THE ONE THING I'LL SAY IS, 52ND HAS PUT US IN POSITION TO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND BECAUSE OF LCI, WE RELY HEAVILY ON OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR FUNDING AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT GREAT PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS. SO WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL AND PROUD OF

OUR RESULTS. >> CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT SIDE?

>> SO, >> YES MA'AM.

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>> THAT REPORT AT THE BOTTOM, I WANTED MAKE SURE I CITED THAT.

IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT BREAKDOWN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PER-PUPIL FUNDING AND HOW IT FLOWS FROM THE HIGHEST FUNDED IN TERMS OF PER-PUPIL . THAT IS WHAT I MENTIONED ABOUT LCI. THERE IS SOME -- WELL, THERE'S A SCHOOL DIVISIONS ACROSS THE LIST OF 131 THAT DON'T RELY, LIKE WE DO ON SUCH A HEAVY BURDEN ON OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SO, I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SUPPORT THEY PROVIDE ALLOWS US TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR STUDENTS AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

>> LET'S GO BACK. >> SURE.

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MONEY. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS CUSHION BUT WANT TO CONFIRM AND ALSO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE READINGS ARE NOT MICE FOR COST-OF-LIVING DIFFERENCES. SO THE TEACHER IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA, BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO LIVE THERE IS COMPENSATED VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN A TEACHER MAY BE IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

>> YES MA'AM. >> AND SO IT IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON WITHIN THE RANK BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE NORM.

>> RIGHT. YES MA'AM. >> I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KEEP

THAT IN MIND. >> YEAH. AND ALSO TO SAY WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE, THAT, YOU KNOW, THROWING MONEY AT A NEED IS NOT NECESSARILY A PATH TO SUCCESS, AND SO, 52ND IS -- WE'VE GOT GREAT RESOURCES FOR OUR STUDENTS. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE COULDN'T DO MORE WITH MORE. BUT WE'VE GOT GREAT RESOURCES FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE PASS RATES -- I'M GOING TO SHOW THE SAME DATA. IT IS WAY OFF TO THE RIGHT. THAT 81% PASS IN READING AND WHAT YOU SEE NOW ARE THOSE RESULTS. BOTH OUR DIVISION AVERAGE PASS RATE IN RED, OVERLAID AGAINST THE ESTATE PASS RATE. IS BETWEEN THE REDLINE IN THE BLUE LINE. THAT IS WHERE WE FOCUS, AND SO, INTERESTINGLY, I WOULD SAY -- YOU ALL KNOW THAT I SAID BEFORE HE A YEAR AGO AND WOULD NOT HAVE PREDICTED THAT THE STATE AVERAGE WOULD HAVE COME UP EIGHT PERCENTAGE POINT.

IT IS GREAT FOR THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. AND SO WE CREPT A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE STATE AVERAGE. BUT STILL, A HEALTHY MARGIN BETWEEN OUR OVERALL PASS RATE IN READING AND THE STATE AVERAGE. AND WHAT IS REALLY MORE INFORMATIVE THAN THAT DISH I THINK THAT IS GOOD TO SEE THE 30,000 FOOT VIEW, BUT WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR US IS TO LOOK AT DATA IN MUCH MORE OF A GRANULAR WAY AND THIS ISN'T EVEN GRANULAR. THIS IS A START TO THAT AND WE CAN TAKE THEM EVEN FURTHER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STUDENT LEVEL, BUT YOU CAN SEE, OUR PASS RATES UNDER THAT GOOCHLAND COLUMN, BY TESTING AREA. AND OBVIOUSLY IN READING AND MATH, STUDENTS ARE TESTED OFTEN. THEY ARE TESTED MUCH LESS FRIENDLY IN HISTORY AND SCIENCE, AND VERY INFREQUENTLY IN HISTORY, BUT THEY ARE TESTED ON A REGULAR BASIS ON RATING. THEY ARE TESTED ON EITHER BASIS AND MATH. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE DELTA OFF TO THE RIGHT OF OUR PASS RATES COMPARED TO THE OVERALL STATE PASS RATE. SIMULATION RESULTS OBVIOUSLY, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE, THAT IS REMARKABLE. REMARKABLE RESULTS.

THIRD-GRADE IS AN AREA BASED ON LAST YEAR'S RESULTS FOR US TO FOCUS ON. NOT ONLY PROGRAMMATICALLY, BUT AS YOU THINK ABOUT FOR A SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION WITH 200 GRADUATING STUDENTS PER YEAR, THAT'S A COHORT OF STUDENTS THAT'S NOW IN FOURTH GRADE. AND SO, NOT ONLY PROGRAMMATICALLY IN THIRD GRADE, BUT ALSO WORKING INDIVIDUALLY WITH THAT STUDENT GROUP AND IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS SO THAT WE SEE THAT 60 LOOKED MORE LIKE 65 WHEN THEY GET THE FOURTH GRADE AND FIFTH GRADE AND BEYOND. IT'S A REALLY STRONG RESULTS AND I THIRD-GRADE RESULT IS OBVIOUSLY ONE WE ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO, BUT STILL ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE. SO THERE WAS DEFINITELY A DROP ACROSS THE STATE OF VIRGINIA KNOWS THIRD GRADE SCORES. THESE ARE OUR MATH PASTORATES. LONGITUDINALLY. CUNDIFF SOME OBVIOUS THINGS TO NOTE THERE ABOUT THAT INTERESTING TRENDLINE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT IS THE HIGH WATERMARK AT LEAST RECENTLY, THAT 83% PASS RATE LAST YEAR, WE CAME BACK DOWN TO EARTH FROM LAST YEAR'S RESULTS. WE ALSO GOT A WHOLE LOT CLOSER TO THE STATE AVERAGE. STILL FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. BUT MAYBE NOT THAT DISTANCE FROM THE STATE AVERAGE THAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO, LOOKING AT THE SAME DATA, BUT NOW BROKEN DOWN BY TESTING AREA. YOU CAN SEE IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL, KIND OF WHY THAT IS. THOSE AREAS OF RELATIVE CONCERN OR WEAKNESS ARE COMPARED TO SOME VERY NOTEWORTHY AREAS OF STRONG, STRONG RESULTS. AND BOARD MEMBERS, I KNOW SOME OF THIS IS A REPEAT FROM SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS INDIVIDUALLY LESLIE. THE ONLY THING I WOULD NOTE HERE DOES THE OTHER NUMBERS I THINK ARE SELF-EVIDENT. THE

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>> DR. GEYER, >> YES MA'AM?

>> FOR THAT SEVENTH-GRADE COHORT, WHO LOVE TO INCENTIVIZE STUDENTS TO TAKE TEST. I'M THINKING ICE CREAM. BECAUSE IF THEY ARE TOP PERFORMANCE, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET CREDIT. SPECS A DIFFERENT SCENARIO. WE TALKED ABOUT ALGEBRA TO BEING -- THEY ACCELERATE RIGHT THROUGH SEVENTH GRADE. THEY GET CRUNCHED INTO ANOTHER YEAR, SO THEY DON'T TAKE THAT TEST. THEY STILL TAKE A TEST, BUT THEY DON'T TAKE THE SEVENTH-GRADE TEST. ACTUALLY CAN'T TEST THEM TWICE. WE'D LOVE TO. THEY MIGHT NOT LOVE IT . THEY JUMPED RIGHT OVER IT. IT'S NOT THAT THEY ARE NOT ADVISED TO TAKE IT. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE IT.

>> AND HOW SMALL -- I KNOW WE ARE ASKING VERY MINIATURE QUESTIONS BUT HOW SMALL IS THE END HERE?

>> FOR GRADE 7 OF OUR STUDENTS?

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT PROBABLY -- SECTIONS FINISHED TALKING

INAUDIBLE ] >> 25% OR LESS. I WAS GOING TO

SAY 20%. >> OKAY.

>> SO IT IS ESSENTIALLY TAKING OUR HIGHEST PERFORMING 75% IN TERMS OF MATH PERFORMANCE AND THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER, SO YOU ARE LOSING THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE STUDENTS, SO REALLY JUST IS. IT IS NOT EXCUSE MAKING. IT IS JUST TO SAY THAT THE GRADE 7 SCORE IS NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON OF EVERYTHING ELSE ON THIS GRAPHIC. EVERYTHING ELSE IS MUCH MORE OF OUR STUDENTS BEING INCLUDED IN THE RESULTS BEING WHAT THEY ARE.

BUT THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER DESERVES A LITTLE BIT MORE

ATTENTION. >> THANK YOU.

>> YES MA'AM. >> DR. GEYER.

>> YES MA'AM. >> ON THE SIDE, OR DAMAGES WE NEED TO GIVE YOU THE OVERALL AVERAGE?

>> THE PASS RATES? >> NO MA'AM.

>> OKAY, SO, IF YOU'RE 51%, IF THAT IS ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, THAT IS PULLING IT DOWN.

>> CORRECT. YES MA'AM. THOSE ARE JUST STRAIGHT PASS RATES.

AGAIN, THAT EXAMPLE BEING THAT MOST OF THESE SCORES THINK OF THEM IN TERMS OF BEING THAT GRADUATING COHORT GROUP OF 200 STUDENTS, AND REALLY ALL OF THE OTHER CASES, IT IS 100% OF THE SKITS, ALL 200 OF THEM TAKING THE TEST AND SOME GRADE. IT IS 150 OF THEM HAVE MOVED ON TO A DIFFERENT CONTENT, JUMPING OVER THE SECOND GREAT TEST, LEFT WITH THAT GROUP OF 50 STUDENTS OF THE 200, TAKING THE SEVENTH -- THE GRADE 7 TEST. SO, IT IS MAYBE NOT THE BEST WAY TO SHOW IT BECAUSE YOU GET THAT AND SAY, WELL, THAT'S YOUR SEVENTH GRADERS. IT'S NOT. IT'S WHATEVER GRADE THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE TAKING THAT TEST. GRADE 8 IS PRE-ALGEBRA. WE HAVE STUDENTS TAKE THAT PRE-ALGEBRA TEST AND FIFTH GRADE. WE HAVE KIDS TAKING THAT TEST IN EIGHTH GRADE. SO IT IS NOT A SUPER CLEAR WAY TO SHOW THAT. IT IS STILL THE GRADE 8 TEST BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY ARE A TRADERS WANTED. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT EXHILARATION. SO, FOR MATH, I WOULD SAY, ALL OF OUR CORE AREAS DOES ALL OF OUR AREAS OF ACADEMICS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT. I THINK WE DO NEED TO SHIFT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HISTORY DATA AND SCIENCE DATA. OUR ENGLISH RESULTS IN READING RESULTS, THOSE ARE STUDENTS BEING TESTED EIGHT, NINE TIMES DURING THEIR 13 YEAR CAREER IN SCHOOLS, DOWN TO IN THE CASE OF HISTORY, THEY ARE TESTED TWICE THROUGHOUT THEIR 13 YEARS IN SCHOOLS. SO A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT IS COLLECTED, AND SO HISTORY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE -- AND I'M NOT MAKING A JUDGMENT STATEMENT ON THAT OTHER THAN TO SAY DATA LOOKS -- DATA LOOK STRONGER ACROSS THE STATE OF VIRGINIA WHEN I TESTED STUDENTS MORE FREQUENTLY, SAY CAN TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH -- TAKING OUR HANDS ON THE WHEELS

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GEOGRAPHY, WORLD HISTORY ONE, WORLD HISTORY TOO, ALWAYS TO BE TESTING YEARS IN HISTORY. WAY BACK WHEN, THE GRADE WAS A SENIOR IN HISTORY. OVER TIME, THOSE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE DOCKET OF THE TESTING SCHEDULE IN VIRGINIA AND NOW THOSE THREE THAT ARE LISTED THERE ART MEASURED THROUGH PORTFOLIO. AND THAT'S A COLLECTION OF WORK OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL WERE THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND I KNOW THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN THOSE RESULTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PRESENTATION, IT IS THE STATE TEST AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO AREAS THAT WE GIVE THE STATE TEST IN HISTORY. THERE ARE SCIENCE RESULTS. 73% PASS RATE.

COMPARED TO 71% FOR THE STATE, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT. BROKEN DOWN BY TEST. VERY CLEAR. HER AREAS OF STRENGTH ARE, AND RELATIVE AREAS OF WEAKNESS. RELATIVE AREA OF WEAKNESS. AND GRADE 5 AND BIOLOGY -- THOSE RESULTS -- 81%, 81%. DOUBLE DIGIT DELTAS THERE. THOSE ARE REALLY STRONG RESULTS, AND THEN THAT GRADE 8 RESULT -- I WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT. I'VE SHARED WITH THE BOARD BEFORE AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL. PART OF THAT IS WE HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR PATHWAYS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT YOU ARE AWARE DISH WE STAFFED THREE YEARS OF CONTENT CRUSHED DOWN INTO TWO YEARS, SO THEY COVERED SIXTH GRADE STATE SENTENCE CONCENTRATES STATE STANDARDS AND EIGHTH-GRADE STATE STANDARDS IN SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE, SO THREE YEARS OF CONTENT IN TWO YEARS. AND SO OUR SINS TAKE THE GRADE 8 TEST AT THE END OF SEVENTH GRADE AND I WILL SAY, FOR A DECADE PLUS, THAT SERVED OUR STUDENTS REALLY, REALLY WELL. THAT WAS ALL STUDENTS GOING THROUGH THAT ACCELERATED PATHWAY. STRONG RESULTS. IT SERVED OUR STUDENTS REALLY WELL. AS THE STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED, AND BECOME MORE RIGOROUS, AS THE TESTS HAVE CHANGED AND BECOME MORE RIGOROUS, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION FOR A COUPLE YEARS, WE MADE THE SHIFT TO THIS YOU TO HAVING TWO PATHWAYS IN SCIENCE, WHERE THAT ACCELERATED OPTION IS THERE FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE READY FOR THAT AND NEED THAT, AND THEN A MORE TRADITIONAL SYSTEM GRADE, SEVENTH GRADE, EIGHTH GRADE, OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS AS WELL -- SO WE MET SOME PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES IN ANTICIPATION FOR THE RIGOR OF THE CONTENT AND THE RIGOR OF THE PROGRAM. SO I EXPECT TO SEE SOME IMPROVED SCORES NEXT YEAR IN THAT AREA.

SO, THAT IS -- THOSE ARE OUR OVERALL PASS RATES IN THE FOUR QUARTERS. THE NEXT GRAPH YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE. IT'S A NICE WAY TO LOOK AT IT LONGITUDINALLY. THIS IS THAT HEAT MAP APPROACH THAT WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE. SO WE LOOK AT ALL FOUR QUARTERS ACROSS THE DECADE PLUS AND ASSIGNED THE DATA FROM THE STATE AVERAGE GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHERE ARE WE TRENDING IN RELATION TO STATE PERFORMANCE AND SO GREEN IS GOOD. RED IS BAD. DARK GREEN IS REALLY GOOD. I GREEN IS NOT AS GOOD. AND YOU CAN SEE OUR RESULTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS -- AND WHERE WE ARE IN 2024, 2025 COMPARED TO HISTORICALLY WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN TERMS OF DELTAS FROM THE STATE AVERAGE. THIS IS AN INFORMATIVE LEAD IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL PERFORMANCE. IT DOESN'T GIVE US MUCH OF ANYTHING IN TERMS OF THE GRANULAR LEVEL WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WITH INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTION WITH STUDENTS BUT IT IS PROGRAMMATICALLY A GOOD WAY TO SEE HOW ARE WE TRENDING? IN THE LAST PIECE RELATED TO SOL PASS RATES THOUGH SHE'LL HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, AS WELL. WE DID TAKE THE TIME, OBVIOUSLY, TO DIG IN ON WHAT USED TO BE CALLED STUDENT SUBGROUPS, AND THAT WAS A STATE TERM. IT IS NOT AS PREVALENT IN THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK, BUT IT IS STILL THAT WE LOOK AT DATA OBVIOUSLY IN THIS WAY. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE PASS RATES OFF TO THE LEFT UNDER THE ALL CATEGORY IN GREEN ON THE TABLE. YOU'VE SEEN THOSE 10 TIMES ALREADY. THOSE ARE OVERALL PASS RATES. WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE TOP, YOU SEE STUDENT SUBGROUP HEADERS, AND THEN YOU SEE THE PASS RATES FOR THOSE STUDENT SUBGROUPS. AGAIN, THAT IS

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>> I HAVE THE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING -- IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S UP. HOW DOES THAT WEIGHT OUT TO HISPANIC CHILDREN WHO OBVIOUSLY ARE IMPROVING, WHICH IS EXCITING, AND I KNOW COMING TO US THEY CAN BE LIMITED, BUT WHAT OTHER LANGUAGE WOULD FALL UNDER THAT LEP?

>> FOR US, VERY FEW. WE HAVE JUST A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS THAT QUALIFY FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT SPANISH SPEAKERS AS THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE, SO VERY FEW. I MEAN, I THINK I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND PROBABLY. THE REST ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS NATIVELY.

>> I WAS JUST CURIOUS. >> YOUR POINT, MISS ROBINSON IS A GOOD ONE, IS THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE STUDENTS AT THE TOP, THAT QUALIFY FOR

MULTIPLE CATEGORIES. >> RED.

>> WE COULD HAVE A STUDENT WHO IS HISPANIC WHO IS A SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT AND ALSO RECEIVES LEP STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE. SO THERE ARE -- WE KNOW FOR SURE THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS WHEN WE CAN HELP A CHILD EXPERIENCE SUCCESS IN THE PAST THE STATE TEST, THEN WE SEE THOSE NUMBERS COME UP IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES BECAUSE THEY ARE REPRESENTED IN SOME CASES IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES. NOT ALL, BUT SOME, AND THE ONES -- AND THESE ARE ALL -- WE LOOK VERY CLOSELY TO ALL OF THESE BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT I SAID TO YOU THROUGHOUT, THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THEIR 13 YEAR CAREER TO TAKE A STATE TEST AND RATING IN A STATE TEST IN MATH. I THINK FOCUSING ON THE TOP HALF AND WE ARE BELOW STATE AVERAGE -- IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING BELOW STATE AVERAGE. 61% OF HISPANIC STUDENTS PASSING THE READING TEST ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH, EVEN THOUGH IT IS 4% BETTER THAN STATE AVERAGES, RIGHT. BUT THE READING AND MATH CATEGORIES IN PARTICULAR -- THEY ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO THE SUCCESS THAT STUDENTS ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THEIR SCHOOL CAREER AND LIKELY THEIR LIFE AND SO THE READING AND MATH RESULTS BECAUSE THEY ARE TESTED EVERY YEAR BEGINNING IN THIRD GRADE ARE REALLY COMPELLING

RESULTS, FOR SURE. YES MA'AM. >> WHAT IS CONSIDERED

MULTIRACIAL? >> SO THAT IS -- THOSE ARE OPTIONS THAT FAMILIES CHECK WHEN STUDENTS REGISTER FOR SCHOOL, AND SO I DON'T WANT THE CLAIM TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY ARE THINKING WHEN THEY CHECK THAT ONLY THAT THAT IS A BOX THAT FAMILIES CHOOSE TO CHECK. IT'S AN OPTION AVAILABLE STUDENTS.

>> THE RESULTS ARE WONDERFUL. >> SOME OF THOSE ARE STRONG FOR

SURE. >> I LOVE SEEING THE HISTORY.

OVERALL, WE ARE UP 50% IN HISTORY AND THEN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UP 5%. SO THAT'S AWESOME.

>> YEAH. THERE ARE SOME HIGH POINTS, FOR SURE. AND AGAIN, THE TAKE AWAY FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE DONE THIS MANY YEARS, IS JUST THE AMOUNT OF RED IS NOT WHAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING. THAT

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IS NOT TYPICAL FOR US. >> AND I KNOW WHEN WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LOOKING AT DIFFERENT FACTORS, LOOKING AT, COMPARING ATTENDANCE RECORDS, AND I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE HISTORY FOR THE LEP GOING UP BY 16% AND THEN THE HISPANIC GROUP WENT DOWN 2%. ARE THOSE MAJORITY LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN

THAT? >> THEY ARE. AND I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY AND THAT'S WHY I THINK FOR ME, THE FOCUS ON THAT READING AND MATH IS A REALLY RELIABLE MEMBER BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES STUDENTS ARE TESTED. AS I MENTIONED WITH HISTORY, THE ONLY TIME STUDENTS ARE TESTED IN HISTORY IS FORTHRIGHT AND SOME TRADE, SO WE ARE TAKING A STUDENT SUBGROUP THAT IS NARROWING STUDENTS DOWN TO BEGIN WITH, AND THEN WE ARE MAKING IT EVEN SMALLER TO SAY, IT'S ONLY THE LEP SINCE THEY WERE FOR GRADERS IS YOUR SEVENTH GRADERS LAST YEAR, WHEREAS OUR READING RESULTS IN OUR MATH RESULTS ARE ESSENTIALLY ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FROM THIRD GRADE ON, SO I -- HISTORY IS KIND OF A TRICKY ONE. IT COULD JUST BE A REALLY STRONG GROUP IN -- A FOURTH AND SOME TRADE SINCE IN THE AREA OF HISTORY RELATIVE TO THE STATE AVERAGE. AND MAYBE NOT FOR SCIENCE BUT IT'S SUCH A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE TESTED SO INFREQUENTLY

IN HISTORY. >> I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOUGH SHE WAS IN FOR HISTORY, WE USE PORTFOLIOS, AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION, A WAY TO ASSESS STUDENTS IN HISTORY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PERFORMING AND GETTING WHAT THEY NEED FROM OUR

EDUCATORS? >> YES MA'AM AND REALLY, THAT'S THE DESIGN FROM THE STATE IS THAT PORTFOLIO APPROACH. IT'S JUST NOT WHAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO WITH A ONE-TIME END OF THE YEAR STATE TEST. IT IS MORE OF AN ACUTE DELETION OF THEM SPREADING THEIR KNOWLEDGE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO THERE STILL IS A MECHANISM FOR IT. IT'S JUST A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING VERSUS A ONE-TIME TEST.

>> I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THE PORTFOLIOS AND THEN ALSO, I THINK BESIDES ATTENDANCE, I WANTED TO SEE ABOUT -- OR OPT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT IF ANYBODY WOULD OPT OUT OF TESTING, IT'S COUNTED AS

A ZERO IT IMPACTS OUR SCORES. >> IT SURE DOES. YEP.

>> AND I HAVE A QUESTION. HIS BIGGEST MAN. DESPITE MY IS THE SAMPLE TOO SMALL FOR HISTORY AND SCIENCE WITH ASIANS?

>> WE JUST DON'T -- >> SO THE SMALL INDICATORS, 10

ARE BELOW -- >> SO THEY JUST HAPPEN TO NOT BE

IN THIRD IN SOME. THE SUPER >> FOR HISTORY, FOR THEN SOME TRADE, WE DON'T HAVE 10 OR MORE STUDENTS THAT MARKED ASIAN AS

THEIR -- >> SO NEXT YEAR, YOU WOULD HAVE

-- >> IT'S JUST THAT YEAR. IF WE HAVE 10 OR MORE STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS ASIAN WHEN THEY REGISTER FOR SCHOOL IN FOURTH GRADE AND SOME, THEN IT WOULD SHOW UP HERE, OTHERWISE IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE BELOW 10.

>> THANKS. >> YES MA'AM. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM SOL PASS RATES AND WE ARE COMING IN FOR A LANDING HERE. NEXT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT GRADUATION RATES AND I MENTIONED EVERY YEAR THAT OUR GRADUATION RATES ARE THE RESULT OF A 13 YEAR EXPERIENCE. FOR SOME STUDENTS, 14 YEARS IF THEY'RE IN THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. IT'S ALSO A RESULT OF THE SUPPORT THEY GET HOME FROM THEIR FAMILIES. WHILE WE ATTRIBUTE GRADUATION RATES DOES THE STATE ATTRIBUTE GRADUATION RATES TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, OUR RATES ARE STRONG AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THESE REDDISH MATES AS TO ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS ACROSS THE DIVISION AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT SUPPORT THEM, AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE A 98% GRADUATION RATE WITH LAST YEAR'S GRADUATING CLASS. THAT COMPARES FAVORABLY TO THE TRENDS THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER TIME. YOU CAN SEE THAT HISTORICALLY HERE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE WERE HOVERING IN THE HIGH 90S.

AND THE BOARD HAS HURT INDIVIDUALS -- INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS THAT IT'S REALLY A CHALLENGE TO GET 100 AND WE SAID FOR YEARS THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN GET TO 100. BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE A STUDENT MIGHT TRANSFER IN THEIR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE REGISTERED IN GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ARE OUR STUDENTS. THEY DON'T COME BACK TO SCHOOL.

WE CAN TRACK DOWN WHERE THEY ARE. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY ENROLL SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEN THAT SCHOOL REPORTS THAT THEY ARE ENROLLED IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL AND UNFORTUNATELY IN THOSE RARE CIRCUMSTANCES, THOSE COUNT AS DROPOUTS FOR US. AND

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OF A 98% GRADUATION RATE. >> AND THE KEYWORD WITH THIS PARTICULAR METRIC IS ON-TIME GRADUATION RATE, AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY FINISH HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FOUR YEARS OR FINISHED THEIR OR IF THEY WERE WITH US FOR 13 YEARS -- THE K-12 EDUCATION. I HAVE SHARED PUBLICLY IN THE PAST AND IN OUR TWO BY TWOS, WE DON'T WANT KIDS GOING THROUGH A TURNSTILE. WILL GETS READY WHEN THEY GRADUATE. SO I WOULD RATHER -- I MET GIVING US A FREE PASS NOT TO ENSURE THE STUDENTS HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED DURING THEIR 13 YEARS WITH US, BUT IF A CHILD IS NOT READY AND THEY NEED AN ADDITIONAL SEMESTER OR YEAR WITH US, I WOULD RATHER SUPPORT THEM SO THAT WE SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS WHEN THEY DO GRADUATE, SO LET'S BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT CHASING 100% METRIC BECAUSE I THINK IT CAN LEAD TO OTHER PROBLEMS LATER.

>> YES MA'AM. OUR GOAL IS FOR STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE FINISHED TO BE PREPARED FOR A LIFETIME OF SUCCESS IN WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE.

SO, YES. GREAT POINT. THE OTHER FLIPSIDE TO THAT IN TERMS OF THE DATA RELATED TO FINISHING SCHOOL IS -- OR IN THIS CASE NOT, IS OUR DROPOUT RATE FOR LAST YEAR'S CLASS WAS ONE .4%. THAT COMPARES TO -- YOU CAN SEE OUR HISTORICAL DROPOUT RATE OVERTIME HAS BEEN UNDER 5% HERE RECENTLY. WAY UNDER 5%. AND AGAIN, WE ARE PROUD OF THAT AND TO MISS ALLEN'S POINT, THIS DOES ACCOUNT FOR STUDENTS THAT MIGHT NOT GET THERE IN FOUR YEARS. IT MIGHT TAKE TO MAKE THIS YEAR. IT MIGHT TAKE THEM AN ALTERNATIVE PATH BUT THESE DROPOUTS ARE -- WE WANT THESE TO BE ZERO BECAUSE THE STATISTICS TELL US THAT IF YOU DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, YOUR FUTURE IS NOT BRIGHT SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK AND WORK AND WORK TO GET THIS NUMBER AS LOW AS POSSIBLE SO, AGAIN, GREAT RESULTS DISH AND I WOULD SAY -- GRADUATION RATE -- I FEEL VERY STRONGLY IS A 13 YEAR INDICATOR. DROPOUT RATE IS LESS SO. OBVIOUSLY, FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS PLAY A ROLE, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT STUDENTS THAT ARE IN JEOPARDY, THEY ARE VERY COMPLEX IN INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM WORKS REMARKABLY WELL IN THIS INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING IN THAT WAY. SO REALLY PROUD OF OUR RESULTS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO FOCUS ON THAT BEING AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. QUICK SHADOW TO THE BOYS HERE. THEY LOOK REALLY FAMILIAR TO ME. THE OTHER INDICATOR WE HAVE SHOWN OVERTIME IS THE PROMISE THAT STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING WITH, AND SO, 75% OF LAST YEAR'S GRADUATING SENIORS EARNED AN ADVANCED STUDIES DEPARTMENT. AND TO MISS ALLEN'S POINT EARLIER, THE STANDARD TO MEET THE DIPLOMA RECORDS FOR ADVANCED STUDIES OR A STANDARD THE FOAM ARE SET BY THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND X NUMBER OF CREDITS IN CERTAIN AREAS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT THEIR SCHOOL CAREER AND THOSE ARE DETERMINED BY THE STATE AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER DIPLOMA IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT CHILD IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT CHILD, SO, YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY AFTER 100% OF OUR KIDS EARNING AN ADVANCED STUDIES DIPLOMA THIS IS JUST AN EFFORT FOR FOLKS TO SEE OUR TRENDS OVER TIME. HOW DO THESE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF LAST YEAR'S CLASS SECOND HISTORICALLY TO THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WE SEEN EARNING THESE THREE DIFFERENT DIPLOMA TYPES. 75% OF OUR STUDENTS IS TURNED IN ADVANCED STUDIES THE BOUMA. 23% STANDARD ANTI-PERCENT MODIFIED. AND THEN OUR LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT WE SHARE ANNUALLY IS OUR STUDENTS PATRICIAN PLANS BUT THOSE LAST YEARS CLASS IN 2025. THIS IS THEIR SUFFER BRING TO US. 56% OF THE SINCE BRANDON LONDON FOR YOUR UNIVERSITY. 10% TO A TWO YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE. 13% TO ANOTHER EDUCATION OPTION WHICH COULD BE TRADE SCHOOL, TECHNICAL SCHOOL. SO THAT REPRESENTS WHAT WAS REPORTED TO US FROM LAST YEAR'S CREDIT RATING SENIORS. THAT PROFILE FOR THAT GRADUATING CLASS IS OFF TO THE RIGHT HERE.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT COMPARES TO PREVIOUS GRADUATING CLASSES. THE ONLY THING MAY BE THAT I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO HERE IS THE LACK OF ORANGE IN LAST YEAR'S GRADUATING CLASS WHICH REPRESENTS STUDENTS GOING RIGHT INTO THE MILITARY. I WILL SAY, I THINK WE HAVE -- SOME FUTURE STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE, PERHAPS AT THE DAIS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO SERVE OUR

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>> BOARD MEMBERS -- AS HE TAKES A BREATH -- THANKED DR. GEYER.

HE DOES A MASTERFUL JOB WITH THIS. HE REALLY DOES. APPRECIATE

IT. >> YOU GUYS ARE GONE.

>> ALSO ORGANIZE OUR PRINCIPLES FROM THE AUDIENCE, TOO. AND THEIR WORK IS BEHIND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TO TRANSITIONING ] MISS MCKAY HAD TO STEP OUT. I SAW HER WALK OUT.

BUT MR. GORDON. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, TOO. A FEW OTHER NOTES. I'VE HEARD IN MY LISTENING SESSIONS FROM SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS ABOUT THE PARENTS WHO WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS. WE TALKED THROUGH THE DATA. WE LOOK THROUGH THE NUMBERS. WE LOOK THROUGH THE GRASS, BUT I WANT TO DISTILL THIS DOWN TO A VERY PRACTICAL TERMS FOR OUR FAMILIES ABOUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN MY KIDS MATH SCORE RESULT COMES HOME AND IF THEY'RE GETTING INTERVENTION, WHY DOES THAT HAPPEN. WHY ARE THEY PLACED IN A CERTAIN GROUP OR MATH.

THESE ARE THE THINGS WE ARE HEARING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT BUT I'M HEARING FROM PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS WELL.

THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. AND ONE THING WE THOUGHT ABOUT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STUDENTS AND PERFORMANCE, WE HAVE -- IN THAT PERFORMANCE FROM LAST YEAR, 23 ECONOMIC AND THIRD-GRADERS IN THE DIVISION LAST YEAR. LIKE DR. GEYER SAID. IN A DIVISION OF THE SCALE AND SAYS, WE KNOW EVERYONE OF THE STUDENTS, THE PRINCIPLES MOTHER. WE KNOW THEIR FAMILIES. OKAY. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REALLY TAILOR OUR PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND WE CAN DO THAT HERE IN GOOCHLAND, AND SO I'M EXCITED DOES HE NEVER COME TOGETHER. I WILL ALSO MENTION, YOU ALL ARE FROM LYRICA ACCREDITATION AND ABILITY HAVE BEEN BIFURCATED. WE DON'T USE THE TERM FULLY ACCREDITED ANYMORE. THAT IS THE OLD TERM. TALK ABOUT ACCREDITATION, THAT IS ABOUT OUR -- REALLY, MORE COMPLIANCE. THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF OUR BUILDINGS. TEACHER LICENSURE. THAT IS ACCREDITATION WHEREAS ACCOUNTABILITY IS ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOMES AND THAT WAS DONE PURPOSEFULLY, AND I DO WANT TO REALLY DIG IN ONCE WE GET TO OUR DATA, AND TALK ABOUT HOW THAT CONNECTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE PROVIDING STUDENTS AROUND DUAL ENROLLMENT, WORK-BASED -- WHEN WE ADMINISTER THE AS FAB TEST. ANY OTHER

CAUTIONS FOR DR. GEYER? >> NOT A QUESTION. JUST A COMMENT AGAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ON THE DIPLOMA TYPE.

I KNOW WE TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR ACA, ADVANCED COLLEGE ACADEMY INTO ENROLLMENT . THE DIPLOMA IS INDEPENDENT OF THAT. THE STATE SETS A STANDARD DIPLOMA BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CREDITS AND AN ADVANCED THE PROMO THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT. AGAIN, DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY CONFUSION FOR THE PUBLIC AS WE

DIFFERENTIATE THOSE THINGS. >> THANK YOU ALL.

>> TO TALK ABOUT THE

>> YOU WILL FIND THE FY '27 BUDGET CALENDAR WHICH IS A BIT MISLEADING BECAUSE BUDGET WORK IS A 365 DAY A YEAR PROCESS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT MATERIALS COMING UP NEXT WEEK ON OCTOBER 20TH. AND WE WILL BE TO SHIPPING OUR COMMUNITY BUDGET SURVEY ON NOVEMBER 26TH TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE BUTTER COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES AS WE MOVE FROM DISH FORWARD. WE WILL IMMEDIATELY WITH STAFF AND SCRUB ALL OF OUR LINES IN THE NEXT MONTHS BEFORE WE COME TOGETHER WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE DECEMBER WORK SESSION AND SCHOOL BOARD PUBLIC WORK SESSIONS IN JANUARY.

WE HOPE TO HAVE A BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN FEBRUARY BEFORE WE WORK WITH SUPERVISORS AND MUCH FOR ULTIMATE APPROVAL IN MAY. THE TIMELINE IS VERY SIMILAR. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN YEARS PAST. HOWEVER IF YOU LIKE THAT FINAL APPROVAL HAS BEEN EXTENDED SLIGHTLY TO ACCOUNT FOR -- AND WE USUALLY EXPERIENCE WHERE WE ARE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF OTHER LOCALITIES AND SOMETIMES THAT PUTS US AT A BIT OF A DISADVANTAGE WHEN IT COMES TO SALARY COMPETITIVENESS AND WISHING TO PLAN FOR THAT, AS WAS THE TIMING OF THE RELEASED GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, TIMELINES SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD IN THE PAST. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. YES-MAN. YOU HAVE LEARNED SO

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MUCH ABOUT PERFORMANCE DATA. >> I HAVE. PLEASE -- I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE MR. TOM COCKE AND HE WILL SHARE UPDATES. MR. COCKE IS A TREMENDOUS PARTNER FOR OUR SCHOOL DIVISION AND A TREMENDOUS ASSET FOR OUR COUNTRY. HE IS ALSO THE PARENT OF SOME FUTURE STUDENTS HERE IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ONE WHO I'M SURE IS WELL PAST HER BEDTIME RIGHT NOW, SO THANKS FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE YOUR WORKING EVERY THING IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. IT'S PARKS AND REC'S WORK IT'S ALSO MUTUALLY BENEFIT TO OUR SCHOOL DIVISION TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MR. COCKE. DESPITE THE GIVE HER MUCH. I APOLOGIZE. WE ARE NOT AN APPLE ACCREDITED TO PRINT SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ASSISTANCE THERE. ALL RIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TOM COCKE. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TO ALL THIS EVENING. I COULD BE HERE UNTIL ALL EMMA HOGG AND LATER TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL RECREATION ALL THE GREAT THINGS WE DO BUT I'VE NARROWED THAT DOWN THIS EVENING TO JUST ONE OR TWO THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WAY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND PARKS AND RECREATION ALREADY PARTNER AND COLLABORATE IN SOME WAYS WE THINK WE CAN KIND OF EXPAND THAT. SEE HERE. WE ARE BUFFERING. I LEARNED THAT FROM DR. GEYER. YUP. OKAY. YEAH. I CAN CARRY ON. SO THE TWO TOPICS AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT AS I MENTIONED, THE MASTER-PLANNED -- WE HAVE BEEN WELL UNDERWAY WITH THAT. IT IS A 10 OR 11 MONTH PROJECT IN TOTAL, WHICH IS BEEN GREAT FOR ME TO WALK INTO. THIS WILL BE MY SECOND YEAR -- IN OCTOBER, I'LL BE TWO YEARS HERE THE CANTERBURY I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THIS PROJECT TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE COUNTY, THE PROGRAMS, THE ORGANIZATIONS WE WORK WITH. THANK YOU. SO, AS PART OF THAT, AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, I DISH WE HAVE DONE A STATISTIC PHONE SURVEY TO PULL THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE DO, HOW YOU DOING IT, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS AND WANTS TO SEND OUT PAUSE HERE JUST TO GIVE FOLKS ONLINE OR HEAR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCAN THAT QR CODE. YOU'LL FIND A COPY OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION THERE AS WELL AS A MASTER-PLANNED FEEDBACK FORM FOR ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PROJECT. I THINK ABOUT HOW WE'VE COLLECTED SOME OF THAT INFORMATION ALREADY, BUT ALSO, THERE ARE THE COMMUNITIES SURVEY RESULTS, SO THE SURVEY WE DID, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WE PUT TOGETHER THAT REFLECTS ALL OF THE QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO ADDRESS A FEW OF THOSE AS A HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT. AND YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS, FACILITY INFORMATION OR A LINK TO OUR WEBSITE. SO, THE PLAN ITSELF WAS 10 OR 11 MONTHS, NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN GOING FOR A WHILE. THE COUNTY HAS ALWAYS HAD A PLAN DEDICATED JUST TO PARKS AND RECREATION IN THE COUNTY. IT'S USUALLY BEEN DONE IN FIVE-YEAR INCREMENTS. FOR FIVE-YEAR OUTLOOK. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN SOME OUTSIDE CONSULTING HELP TO CONDUCT THIS PLAN OR TO UPDATE THE PLAN.

PREVIOUSLY, THAT WORK HAS ALL BEEN DONE IN HOUSE AND AS OUR COUNTY HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS, AND OUR DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN IN THE SENSE OF THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER, THE SERVICES, THE GREEN SPACES. THE AMOUNT OF FIELDS. IT WAS DEFINITELY APPROPRIATE FOR US TO BRING IN SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND ACCESS TO A LOT OF DATA WE USUALLY WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO. THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN IS TO CREATE A LONG-RANGE STRATEGIC VISION AND FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. THE CENTER'S RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED EFFICIENTLY TO FOSTER HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC SPACES AND FROM HEALTH WELLNESS AND RECREATION. WITH THAT BEING THE GIST OF THE PLAN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'VE PULLED OUT RECENTLY THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU. SO IF YOU ARE UNAWARE, WE, PROX INTEGRATION MANAGED 10 TOTAL SITES IN THE COUNTRY. TWO OF THOSE ARE RECREATION CENTERS BEING THE SPORTS COMPLEX LOCATED BEHIND THIS BUILDING IN SUCH HIGH SCHOOL OR THE OLD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX. WE MEASURED THE RANGE OF 47 ACRES OF PUBLIC PARKLAND.

13 MILES OF TRAILS. BALL FIELDS. RECTANGLE FIELDS. PLAYGROUNDS AND DOG PARKS. THIS IS A MAP OF WHERE EVERYTHING IS CURRENTLY LOCATED FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR, WE HAVE MATTHEWS PARK, WHICH IS OUR FOR THIS LOCATED PARK. IT'S KIND OF A SMALL PARK. POCKET PARK. WE HAVE CENTRAL HIGH. WHEN YOU GET MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AREA, THE FARMERS MARKET. WE MANAGE THE OUTDOOR SPACES THERE.

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THE AGREEMENT ITSELF. AND THEN THERE IS THE CHILD BEHIND THAT AREA SO MANAGEMENT TUCKER PARK BEING OUR MOST QUOTE UNQUOTE IS LOCATED PARK YOU KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER AMENITIES LOCATED IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

WHICH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE MASTER PLAN IS -- HAS DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED AS A NEED. SO, ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT IS QUESTION 16 WHICH WAS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AND SATISFACTION THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS OR HAS ABOUT HOW WE DO OUR JOBS. THE DARK BLUE IS VERY SATISFIED. THE LIGHT BLUE IS SATISFIED. GRAY IS NEUTRAL, AND THE SAME COLOR IS DISQUALIFIED OR VERY -- SORRY -- VERY DISSATISFIED . WE ACTUALLY HAD VERY GOOD RESULTS IF YOU LOOK AT THE SURVEY RESULTS IS A HOLE, WE WERE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE COMMUNITY PERCEIVES WHAT WE DO. EVERYTHING FROM MOWING TO LITTER PICKUP TO PICNIC IN THE VALLEY AND MAINTENANCE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE LAST FOUR OR THREE THAT START TO CREEP BELOW THAT 50% LINE. DOG PARK, MAINTENANCE, AND CARE. RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE HAVE UPGRADED THE SEATING AND IS DOG PARKS, WHICH MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. ATHLETIC OUTDOOR COURT MAINTENANCE. WE ONLY HAVE ONE OTHER COURT THAT IS IN THE COUNTY PROPERTY WHICH IS THE BASKETBALL COURT. WE HAVE THE MOTION TO REFURBISH THAT COURT AND THE GOALS THAT ARE THERE.

AND THE TENNIS COURTS, BUT I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE CORRELATED THAT. IN THE SPECIALIZED FACILITY MAINTENANCE. SO THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, THE ARCHERY RANGE AT TUCKER PARK OR JUST GOLF COURSE. SOME OF THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS. SOME OF THE THINGS ARE A LITTLE MORE UNIQUE. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING THE TARGETS AT THE ARCHERY RANGE AND WE'RE DOING SOME HEAVY LIFTING ON THE DISC GOLF COURSE TO RENOVATE THAT. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS WHEN YOU DO A SURVEY THAT ARE ANSWERED, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, I THINK WE ARE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN RAISED. ANOTHER VERSION THAT WE HAVE ASKED WHICH WAS TO OUR CITIZENS, DO YOU THINK OUR PARKS ARE WELL MAINTAINED? IN 100% OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THEY AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. AND THAT FRANKLY DOESN'T HAPPEN. I GOT HAPPENS HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND A GREAT STAFF THAT DO A GREAT JOB, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE NATIONAL BENCHMARKING AND EVEN ACROSS THE STATE, THAT IS A GREAT RESPONSE AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THAT TEAM IN THE PHOTO. YOU THINK THERE ARE SOME OTHERS MISSING BUT THAT'S THE WHOLE TEAM, AND THEY TAKE CARE OF NOT ONLY DOES PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES LISTED, BUT ALSO OTHER COUNTY FACILITIES. THE COUNTY ADMIN BUILDING, THE COURTHOUSE, ADMIN. LIBRARY, STATION SIX AND EIGHT. FIRE TRAINING. SO THEY DO A REALLY GREAT JOB. EVERYTHING FROM THE RECTANGLE AND THE BALL FIELDS THAT WE MANAGE. TO ALSO ALL OF THESE FACILITIES, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO CUT TUCKER PARK THAT ARE PRETTY LARGE IN SIZE. SO AS PART OF THE MASTER-PLANNED PROJECT, ANOTHER THING WE DID WAS WE WANTED TO KNOW HOW OUR FACILITIES ARE DOING. WE DID AN EVALUATION WITH --. AND THEY BASICALLY LOOKED AT EVERYTHING FROM BENCHES TO PARKING LOTS TO PLAYGROUNDS TO LIGHTS AND FIXTURES AND ANYTHING THEY COULD KIND OF WALK AND TALK AND LOOK AT IN OUR SPACES BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT CAME BACK TO US FROM THAT EVALUATION. THE OVERALL PARK ADDITION RATINGS ARE GOOD TO AVERAGE WITH VARYING A.D.A. AXIS. OLDER PARTS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF AGING. AND BEST PRACTICES STANDARD TODAY.

PLAYGROUND'S HAVE LIMITED INCLUSIVE PLAY. CLEAR SIGHT BRANDING AND IDENTIFICATION AND LIMITED NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY. RICHLAND IS A LONG COUNTY SO THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL AMENITIES, SKATE PARKS THROUGHOUT THIS PLAN, WE FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

MENTIONED THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY. TWO WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS WE'VE HAD WHICH ARE KIND OF LIKE TOWN HALLS OR PUBLIC FORUMS. WE'VE HAD THREE SO FAR.

WE WILL HAVE ONE MORE COMING UP IN NOVEMBER. THE THIRD WAY IS WORKING WITH COMMUNITY SECULAR GROUPS. THIS WAS TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT BUT WE HAVE INTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL STICK ORDERS. INTERMITTENT PUBLIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND A FEW OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE ON OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE. OUTSIDE, EXTERNALLY, WE MET WITH ABOUT 32 GROUPS IN THE COUNTY, ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS. IT IS A MIX. BETWEEN ALL OF THAT, THESE WERE THE THINGS. ELLIOT PARK SOME REGRESSION TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION WITH SCHOOLS,

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SO, ANOTHER PERSON I WANTED TO SHARE WAS GO TO NUMBER 10. HOW DOES THE COMMUNITY VIEW US AND WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF WHAT WE DO? AND A FEW OF THESE MAY SURPRISE YOU. IT MAY NOT, BUT THE REDLINE IS 50%, BUT IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PRESERVES OPEN SPACES, THOSE ALSO LIKE PARKS AND REC TO ME. HIDES EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGEMENT.

THAT ONE MAY STICK OUT TO SOME PEOPLE BUT THAT IS AND THAT WE DO. IF WE WERE TO SEND UP A SHELTER IN THE COUNTY, WE WOULD BE ONE OF THE FOLKS TO GET A PHONE CALL FOR GSC. FOR AMERICAN RED CROSS. WE DO TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF AS IT RELATES TO OUR PROGRAMS. SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE COACH STEW OR EVEN TEACHERS. POSITIVELY IMPACTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS. WELL, THAT'S AN INTERESTING ONE. WE CAN RUN 20 SPECIALISTS PER YEAR. IT BRINGS FOLKS OF. ESPECIALLY THE BIG ONES THAT REALLY DO SHOW BUT OUR COUNTY IS ABOUT AND OUR COMMUNITY. HELPS ATTRACT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. HELP REDUCE CRIME AND MANY BREAD. BELOW 50%. IF THIS YOUR FAST A CUSHION HE WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT RESPONSE THAN US BUT WE LIKE. ACCESS TO SETUPS, BIKEWAYS, AND PUBLIC TRANSIT AT THE BOTTOM. IT IS GOOCHLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT IS A CHALLENGE.

AND WHERE OUR PARKS ARE LOCATED IS MORE VIGILANT ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREA FOR TRANSPORTATION. SO, NO REAL SURPRISES FOR US THERE, BUT DEFINITELY SOME EXCITING RESPONSES. ANOTHER QUESTION ASKED THE COMMUNITY WAS TO RANK THE PARK FACILITY AMENITIES BY IN A PRIORITIZATION METHOD . SO I'LL PAUSE HERE FOR JUST A SECOND. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THE WHOLE STATISTIC SURVEY RESULTS I'M REALLY HAPPY WE MADE THE DECISION EARLY ON TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS AND BREAK THOSE RESPONSES DOWN BY DISTRICT. WE WERE CURIOUS AS TO DISTRICT FOR INDUSTRY FIVES RESPONSE BEER TO ONE AND TWO OR 12 AND THREE. ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE ACCESS TO OTHER AMENITIES ON FOUR AND FIVE THAT ARE GOOCHLAND'S BUT THEY ARE CLOSER TO THE SPREADING YOU'LL BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH ALL THE RESULTS THAT AT LEAST FOR THESE TOP CHOICES, FIVE AND SIX, THERE IS CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH WAS -- THAT WAS SOMETHING NEW FOR US TO KIND OF LEARN.

TRAILS UNPAVED. PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS. WATER RIVER AXIS BID PARKS DEVELOPED. SWIMMING POOLS. THAT INITIATIVE ONE HUNTING AND FISHING. AND THEN DISTRICT FOR, PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS WERE TOP CHOICES. AS YOU GO DOWN THE LIST HERE. HEALTH FITNESS AND WELLNESS. OUR CULTURAL DANCE MANAGEMENT SENIOR PROGRAMS. HE WENT TOWARDS THE BOTTOM THERE.

YOU CAN SEE THE CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL DISTRESS. DISTRICT 3 WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. FOUR IS WORD FOR GOLF BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY SOME OPTIONS THERE BUT DISTRICT 1, THAT WAS A TOUGH CHOICE FOR THEM. WE WANTED THEM TO CLARIFY WHAT ACTIONS THEY WOULD BE MOST WENT TO SEE THE COUNTY FUND. THE FARMERS MARKET ACROSS THE BOARD. DEVELOPMENT PARKS. DEVELOPING NEW AREA FOR COMMUNITYWIDE EVENTS. THE SPORTS FACILITIES. CONNECTIONS TO AMENITIES. SPLASH PADS, ADDING TO EXISTING AS IT IS. THOSE ARE PRETTY POPULAR THESE DAYS AND TRENDING. AND DEVELOPING OFF LEASH DOG PARKS. AS WE STARTED TO SEE THESE RESULTS, DWINDLE FROM ACROSS THE BOARD INTO MORE SPECIFIC DISTRICT, THEY DID IT'S DARK TO REFLECT DISTRICT 4 AND FIVE NOT HAVING ANY PARKS AND RECREATION AMENITIES VERSUS A WESTERN DISTRICT, AND THOSE RESULTS ARE BIGGER IN THE SURVEY RESULTS. I JUST KIND OF OPTIONS OF THE TOPIC FOR YOU ALL TO SEAT THIS EVENING. SO OUR REMAINING PROJECT TIMELINE. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE FINALIZING OUR UPDATED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THERE'S THE SURVEY FEEDBACK AND THE SURVEY IN THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED AS WELL AS WHAT WE KNOW AS PARKS AND REC PROFESSIONALS AND HOW WE WORK EVERY DAY WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. IN NOVEMBER, WE WILL HAVE: COMMUNITY EVENT ON NOVEMBER 10TH. WE WILL WORK TO FINALIZE THE PLAN TO SHOW TO THE

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WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THIS BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A GAME PLAN TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AFTERSCHOOL CARE FOR THE SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS. YOU OPERATE A SUMMER CAMP EVERY YEAR BUT FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL FOR THAT HALF-DAY PROGRAM BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THEM IS A BENEFIT TO THEM AND THEIR PARENTS. CTE PROJECTS. WE RECENTLY MET A FEW TIMES WITH IT CTE INSTRUCTORS ABOUT HOW WE IN PARKS AND REC.

WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON. WHETHER IT'S PRODUCTS EVIDENT FROM THE TABLES TO BIRDHOUSES TO BAT HOUSES TO FIELD RENOVATIONS -- INSTALLING DRAINAGE OR IRRIGATION. ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE IN CLASS AND FINDING A WAY FOR US TO KIND OF CONNECT WHAT WE DO WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO BENEFIT FROM THAT EXPERIENCE. TEAM PROGRAMS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T TRADITIONALLY DOES AND WE DON'T DO RIGHT NOW BUT HAVEN'T TRADITIONALLY REALLY FOCUS ON. WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM. WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AND THAT'S ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MOSTLY AGED CHILDREN. WE GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN ELEMENTARY CAMP.

INAUDIBLE ] THING HERE TWO YEARS, I'VE LEARNED THE SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND IF WE FIND A WAY TO DO THAT BUT PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, GREAT, BUT PART OF THE MASTER PLAN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY AFTER SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN BACK AND OPINIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, HAVING THAT TEAM FOR THIS PROGRAM TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT'S STRUCTURED TO DO. WHEN THAT HAPPENS IT'S KIND OF LIKE CENTRAL GSE OR AT THE SCHOOLS BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK WE ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF DOING. IT HASN'T BEEN LOOKED AT BEFORE. CULINARY PROGRAM. YOU SAW EARLIER THE CONCESSION STAND TRAILER. WE ARE THE PROUD OWNERS OF A 24 FOOT CONCESSION STAND TRAILER THAT REPLACED A CONCESSION STAND BUILDING GREAT BEYOND HERE ON THE GSE FIELD. I HOPE IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND THEY SEEM PRETTY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT TO NOT ONLY SHOW THE STUDENTS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO USE A MOBILE RESTAURANT AND/OR TO UTILIZE THAT, MAYBE A FEW TIMES A YEAR TO PUT THEIR SKILLS TO THE TEST, AND STUDENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. WORK-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALREADY EMPLOY PLUS OR MINUS ABOUT 30 STUDENTS A YEAR. THEY WORK AND REC CENTERS. THEY WERE AND SOME CAN'T. THEY WORK IN OUR -- BASKETBALL, SCOREKEEPERS, OFFICIALS. OUTSIDE OF THE ACTUAL JOB THEY HAVE, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK -- I DISCUSSED THIS WITH MR. WATSON, ABOUT ART -- AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR FIELD IN GENERAL, THAT IT'S OUT THERE. I HAVE AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE. I HAVE A MASTERS DEGREE IN PARKS AND RECREATION OR SPORTS MANAGEMENT, AND BEING ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO THAT WORLD AS AN OPPORTUNITY BUT WE DO A LOT OF THINGS SUCH AS LEAD INTO MANY DIFFERENT CAREER FIELDS, WHETHER IT'S RISK MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, PLANNING, DEALING WITH TRAININGS AND ON BOARDING'S AND DATA COLLECTION AT ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY CAN -- EVEN IF

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>> I HAVE A QUESTION.

>> YEAH.

>> ON SLIDE 17, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CULINARY PROGRAM CONCESSIONS TRAILER. IS THAT THE CTE CULINARY?

>> YES.

>> OKAY. ARE YOU GOING TO PUT OUT A TIME AND PLACE WHERE THAT WILL BE?

>> WHERE IT'LL IT WILL BE?

>> I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT WILL BE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE THE

COOKIES. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH. YES, MA'AM. WE SURE WILL.

>> THANK YOU. YEAH.

>> I ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ONE IS A CLARIFYING QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED REC ZONE. HOW IS THAT COALESCING WITH THE GOOCHLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION ED ADVENTURES PROGRAM?

>> THIS IS -- A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROBABLY TO TOUCH ON FROM THE REC ZONE PROGRAM. WE STARTED THAT PROGRAM IN 2020, AND I THINK IT WAS KIND OF -- IT CAME OUT OF A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PANDEMIC, AND OUR NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP YEAR OVER YEAR.

WE'RE AT ABOUT 100 STUDENTS NOW WHICH IS MORE THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR.

WHEN WE STARTED THIS YEAR AND GEF WAS, YOU KNOW, FIRING UP THEIR PROGRAM, I WILL SAY THAT IT WAS -- IT'S ALWAYS BEEN GREAT, BUT EVEN THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF HAVING TWO PROGRAMS IN THE SAME BUILDING, WE MET ÷÷WITH ALL THE ALS FROM ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WALK SPACES, IDENTIFIED WHERE IT WOULD ALL BE, AND AS FAR AS EVERYTHING'S GONE THIS YEAR, IT'S GONE GREAT IN TERMS OF RELATIONSHIP. WE DO KEEP OUR PROGRAMS SEPARATED, MOSTLY JUST FROM A, YOU KNOW, LICENSURE STANDPOINT AND MAKING SURE WE'RE OPERATING ÷÷IN A SAFE CAPACITY, BUT IT'S -- IT'S THE TIMES I'VE GONE AND VISITED, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE SOMETIMES ARE THOSE OUR KIDS OR ARE THOSE OUR KIDS? THEY'RE ALL ENJOYING WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME, BUT AS FAR AS I, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD AND MY STAFF REPORTS, IT'S GONE GREAT, AND I WILL ECHO WHAT MY STAFF ASKED ME TO SAY TONIGHT WHICH I ALMOST FORGOT, WHICH WE'VE GREATLY APPRECIATED THE PARTNERSHIP.

THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR HAVING ALL THREE SCHOOLS -- OR ALL THREE PROGRAMS INSIDE ALL OF THREE SCHOOLS. WE STARTED WITH BUSING MULTIPLE KIDS TO BE IN BYRD AND RANDOLPH, AND THEN TO A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE NUMBERS INCREASING IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR STAFF AND THE PROGRAM THAT WE RUN. SO IT'S GONE WELL.

SORRY THAT WAS LONG- WINDED BUT I REALLY ENJOY IT.

>> IT'S OKAY, AND THEN ON YOUR POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION, I'VE LITERALLY MADE A LIST OF ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN.÷÷I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES PARKS AND REC WILL HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAMMING, DIFFERENT CLASSES.

I WOULD LOVE FOR SOME OF OUR TEACHERS, PARTICULARLY OUR FUTURE TEACHERS PROGRAM IS WHAT ÷÷I'M THINKING OF, TO GET SOME AT-BATS. WE HAVE -- WE HAVE A DRONE PROGRAM THAT THE GOOCHLAND -- WE HAVE VIRTUAL REALITY PROGRAMS AND I THINK THIS MAY BE OF BROADER INTEREST TO THE

COMMUNITY. >> SURE.

>> PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY, WE'VE TOUCHED ON THE CULINARY ARTS. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? HOW DO YOU TRANSLATE THAT INTO MEAL PREP AT HOME?

>> RIGHT.

>> LANGUAGES FOR TRAVEL.

>> OH.

>> PERSONAL FINANCE BUDGET AND TAXES.

WHEN WE -- WELL, WHEN I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, YOU DIDN'T GET CLASSES IN THOSE AREAS. AND SO NOW THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF EVERY VIRGINIA GRADUATE.

HOW DO WE TAKE PIECES OF THAT AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE CITIZENS? AND THEN ARTS, POTTERY, PAINTING, YOU KNOW, JUST -- I JUST HAVE LOTS OF -- I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO BRIDGE THAT, AND THEN -- ANYHOW.

SO PHYSICAL FITNESS IS ANOTHER CATEGORY AS WELL, BUT I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE WELCOME THE

COLLABORATION. >> YEAH, AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE MASTER PLAN, AND WE LOOK AT WHAT WE ALREADY DO, AND HOW TO, YOU KNOW, STEER THE SHIP, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES FOR US. IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? ARE THERE THINGS WE'RE MISSING? DO WE NEED TO START NEW PROGRAMS? AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT JUST ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, AND, YOU KNOW, MUCH LARGER COMMUNITIES WITH THESE, YOU KNOW, BIG CITIES FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THERE'S JUST,÷÷YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A BUSTLING, YOU KNOW, AMOUNT OF PROGRAMS. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY DIDN'T THINK TO OFFER, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, AND NOW WE WILL, BUT I THINK ALL OF THOSE ARE GREAT IDEAS. I THINK WHOLISTICALLY FOR A PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT TO BE EVERYTHING IT SHOULD BE FOR A COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT JUST -- A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK PARKS AND REC IS KICKBALLS AND SOCCER BALLS AND STUFF.

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>> I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS.

>> YEAH.

>> ONE IS PLEASE DON'T GO ÷÷ANYWHERE.

YOU ARE -- I'M SERIOUS. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.

I WAS PRIVY TO GO TO YOUR ORIGINAL PLANNING

SESSION. >> OH

YEAH. >> WHERE YOU AND I HAD SOME CONVERSATION, AND YOU'RE BRINGING OUTSIDE INTEREST TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT WHOLE DAY TOGETHER. IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL, AND I'M VERY SERIOUS. WE -- OUR COUNTY IS MORE THAN FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU ABOARD, AND WITH ALL OF YOUR

IDEAS. >> WELL, THANK YOU.

>> JUST TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ARE APPRECIATED.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'M LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING FROM AFTER- SCHOOL AND I WANT TO JUST ADDRESS A SMALL SECTION OF THAT IS, WHAT DO YOU CHARGE FOR AFTER-SCHOOL? IS IT RATED BY THE HOUR OR RATED BY THE WEEK?

>> NO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT'S $17 A DAY.

>> OKAY.

>> AND WE OFFER THE ABILITY FOR PARENTS TO FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, JUMP IN AND OUT. YOU CAN DO JUST DAYS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY. WHETHER IT'S PAID TODAY OR TOMORROW, SOMETHING'S E UP. CAN I ADD MY CHILD TO REC ZONE?

>> RIGHT.

>> WE ALLOW THAT TOO. BUT YEAH.

IT'S $17 A DAY.

>> OKAY. AND JUST BECAUSE WITH MY COMMITTEE REPORT, I JUST WANT TO THROW THIS OUT THAT SOME THINGS I'M HEARING FROM OUR -- JUST OTHER ENTITIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE CONTACTED ME THAT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO INCLUDE OUR SPECIAL NEEDS, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OFFURE YOUR MIND, ESPECIALLY THE SUMMER SCHOOL IS AN OUTREACH THAT I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT JUST SO THAT IT'S ON YOUR PLATE SOMEWHERE THAT THESE PARENTS NEED THAT SUPPORT FROM YOU AS

WELL. >> YES, AND I -- I HAVE NOT ONLY HEARD THAT AS WELL FROM FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, START TO MIGRATE OUR PROGRAMS INTO THE AREAS OF BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE JUST -- WE CAN'T RIGHT NOW. IT'S MOSTLY FROM A STAFFING,

BUT -- >> I UNDERSTAND.

>> YEAH. >> AND FINALLY, THANK YOU FOR YOU AND LOOKING AT DISTRICT 5, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY HOUSES GOING UP IN DISTRICT 5.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE HAVE ANY LAND TO DO ANYTHING, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE ON YOUR PLATE, AND THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, MOVING DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO ACCOMMODATE A PARK OR SOMETHING FOR OUR KIDS.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR

BEING HERE. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS, AND IF WE DO -- I SHOULD SAY WHEN WE DO BUILD SOMETHING, I CAN TELL WHAT YOU TO PUT THERE.

I'VE GOTTEN THAT FAR. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY. WE ARE NOW TO THE ACTION ITEMS. USE OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 TURNBACK FUNDS, BUDGET SUPPLEMENTS, AND BUDGET TRANSFERS, AND I'M THINKING WE CAN DO THIS IN TWO SECTIONS.÷÷FIRST TO APPROVE THE 389 -- OR NOT APPROVE, THE $389,874 IN THE SCHOOL BACK REQUEST FOR ONE- TIME FUNDED EXPENSES AS MENTIONED IN THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER AND THEN AFTER THAT, DO THE SECOND PART, THE FUNDS TOTALING $353,036.

DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO EVERYONE? OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE÷÷FIRST ONE?

>> EARN ISLY, MADAM CHAIR. FOR YOUR APPROVAL, AS YOU MENTIONED IS OUR TURNBACK REQUEST.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR AND PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME FOR MANY÷÷OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE SEEN THE TURNBACK REQUEST BECAUSE THIS PART OF OUR CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE HAVE NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. IT'S PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE THAT BUDGET RIGHT. TYPICALLY WE WOULD REQUEST PRIOR TO THAT, $4,000 OR $5,000 IN TURNBACK WHICH REPRESENTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR BALANCES THAT ARE LEFT UNUSED WHICH WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE BACK TO THE COUNTY TO REQUEST THEM TO THEN HOPEFULLY ÷÷PROVIDE IT BACK TO US FOR ONE- TIME EXPENSES, AND AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF REQUEST FOR ABOUT $390,000 IN TURNBACK WHICH REPRESENTS THOSE UNSPENT COUNTY FUNDS AT THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL

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>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION THE APPROVE $389,874 ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 SCHOOL TURNBACK REQUEST FOR THE UNFUNDED ONE- TIME EXPENSES AS OUTLINED IN THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER?

>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE $389,874 IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 SCHOOL TURNBACK REQUEST FOR UNFUNDED ONE- TIME EXPENSES AS OUTLINED IN THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER.

>> OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THE $389,874 IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 TURNBACK REQUEST. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> I SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY MS. MAXWELL AND SECONDED BY MS. ALLEN THAT WE APPROVE $389,874 IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 SCHOOL TURNBACK REQUEST FOR UNFUNDED ONE- TIME EXPENSES AS OUTLINED IN THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

>> MADAM CHAIR?

>> MM-HMM. >> YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. AS YOU SEE ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS, MAINTENANCE VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS AND STUDENT TRANSPORT VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS, THOSE NUMBERS IN PARENTHESES ARE NOT REFERRING TO A FOOTNOTE.

THAT'S THE QUANTITY OF VEHICLES.

SO ONE AND THEN TWO THERE. SO THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE ACQUIRING IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF TOTAL VEHICLES, AND ALSO THE LEADERSHIP TRANSITION, THIS SPEAKS TO FULFILLING AN OBLIGATION TO THE PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT THAT THE CONTRACT WAS ERRONEOUS.

THE VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEM DOESN'T ALLOW FOR PAYMENTS INTO RETIREMENT BENEFITS WHEN THIS SAID PERSON IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY THE DIVISION, AND SO TO MAKE THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT WHOLE, THIS ÷÷REPRESENTS THE DOLLAR VALUE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF HIS RETIREMENT BENEFITS. SO AGAIN, MAKING SURE WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY, AND FULL AWARENESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THAT ENTAILS.

>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE $389,873 IN THE TURNBACK REQUEST FOR UNFUNDED ONE- TIME EXPENSES AS OUTLINED IN THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER, SAY AYE.

>> ALL: AYE.

>> ANY OF THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY.

IN THAT CASE, WE APPROVE THAT. AND NOW IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE SOURCES OF FUNDS TOTALING $353,036 AS OUTLINED IN THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER?

>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS TOTALING $353,036 AS OUTLINED IN THE TRANSMITTAL

LETTER. >> OKAY.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS TOTALING $353,036 IN THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER.

IS THERE A SECOND? >> I SECOND THAT.

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MS. MAXWELL AND SECONDED BY MS. WIRSING WIRSING THAT WE APPROVE THE FUNDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?

>> ALL: AYE.

>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. PASS THAT ALONG TO THE COUNTY.

>> WE WILL FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR FOR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU AT ALL. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR BOARD REVIEW?

>> YES, MA'AM. ONE THING I DID WANT TO POINT BOARD'S ATTENTION TO WHEN I CAME FOR MY FIRST INTERVAL UPDATE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LAST WEEK, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE ARE WITH ENROLLMENT AND ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS DID ASK ABOUT THAT, AND IT'S A VERY TIMELY QUESTION AS WE CONSIDER OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND OUR FEEDBACK FOR DEVELOPMENT AS MS. ROBINSON ALLUDED TO, AND THEN IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTY ÷÷RIGHT NOW, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ARE SITTING, AND I KNOW THIS MIGHT NOT JIVE PERFECTLY WITH THE LINK YOU HAVE THERE BECAUSE THAT'S UPDATED ON A DIFFERENT PACE, BUT I'VE CHECKED WITH SEAN CAMPBELL ABOUT THIS, AND IN OUR REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE HAVE 2,690 STUDENTS, PRE- K THROUGH 12 IN THE SCHOOL DERISION AND THAT REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 47 STUDENTS FROM LAST YEAR AND IT'S ALSO NOTABLE THAT 25 OF THOSE 47 STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE FIND THAT TYPICALLY CAN INVOLVE ADDITIONAL STAFFING, ADDITIONAL

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IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN I DID SPEAK TO THE SUPERVISORS THEY ASKED WE CONTINUE TO GIVE UPDATED PROJECTIONS. YOU NOTICE IN THE TURNBACK REQUEST WE JUST APPROVED THAT WE HOPE TO PURSUE THAT CONTRACT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO GET AN UPDATE TO OUR PROJECTIONS. WORTH NOTING.

WE KNOW THAT WE SEE EBBS AND FLOWS IN THIS OVER THE YEARS, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THIS TICK UP AT A MORE REGULAR INTERVAL.

NOT HERE RECENTLY. WE'LL KEEP OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THAT VERY CAREFULLY.

>> THANK YOU. OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE AND BOARD

REPORTS? >> I DO, AND MINE IS MOSTLY SHOUTOUTS.÷÷THIS IS KIND OF A VERY BUSY MONTH, BUT I HAVE BEEN -- HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING JUST DISTRICT 5 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WE HAD OVER 200 ATTEND, BUT MY SHOUTOUT IS TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR GIVING AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION OF WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY, AND I DON'T EVER SAY MUCH MORE THAN IF UNLESS I HEAR FROM MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE, BUT THIS WAS MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO JUST WERE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION THAT EVENING, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY, AGAIN, OUR SUPERINTENDENT GIVING AN OUTSTANDING REPRESENT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SCHOOL BOARD FOR DISTRICTS 1 THROUGH 5, AND THAT JUST REALLY MEANS A LOT, AND IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED I'M SURE BY ALL THE BOARD.

AGAIN TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT, I'M ON THREE BOARDS, ONE WITH BLUE RIDGE AND IT'S NICE FOR A CHANGE TO HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT GO -- OR ATTEND WITH ME TO THAT MEETING.

THAT BOARD HAS A FULL CURRICULUM, GREAT FIELD TRIPS PLANNED FOR THEIR STUDENTS, AND IT'S JUST REALLY GOING GUNG HO. CEAC WAS AN OUTSTANDING MEETING.

I'M SORRY MS. MURRAY LEFT. SHE HAD ONE OF THE FIRST IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND WE HAD OVER 20-PLUS.

WE HAD ONLINE PEOPLE, AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO BE INVOLVED, SHE DOES A FABULOUS JOB IN KEEPING THEM UP TO DATE AND GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES, AND SHE HAS A GREAT YEAR PLANNED AHEAD FOR THEM.

ONE OF THEIR CONCERNS, AGAIN, WAS GEF, WHICH I AM ALSO ON THAT BOARD, BUT THEY ARE GOING FULL FORCE WITH THEIR AFTER- SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND IT WAS MENTIONED AT THAT MEETING THAT THEY HOPE TO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS BE A PART OF THAT PROGRAM OF WHICH NOW, AGAIN, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, ÷÷STAFF IS DIFFICULT, BUT AT LEAST IT'S ON EVERYBODY'S PLATE, AND AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE NEW YEAR AND OBVIOUSLY TO THE SUMMER, WE HOPE THESE STUDENTS WILL BE INCLUDED.

THE UPCOMING DINNER THAT IS COMING UP IN THE END OF THE MONTH, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ATTENDING.

IT'S THE SOIL CONSERVATION DINNER, AND AFTER HAVING A VERY LENGTHY CONVERSATION WITH THE PALLATIN DISTRICT, THEY'RE DOING A FABULOUS JOB IN OUR SCHOOLS ÷÷WITH THE S.T.E.M.

PROGRAM, AND THEY HAVE MONEY. I MEAN, NOT LOTS OF MONEY, BUT MONEY THAT THEY WANT TO PUT BACK IN THE SCHOOLS, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE S.T.E.M. PROGRAM, AND I'M THINKING THEY'RE VERY ANXIOUS TO BE ON BOARD WITH US. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

SO IT WAS -- IT'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH, BUT A GOOD ONE, AND JUST ÷÷A LOT OF SHOUTOUTS TO OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

THANK YOU. I'M DONE.

>> THANK YOU, MS. ROBINSON. I BELIEVE THAT FINISHES OUT OUR AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?

>> SO MOVED.

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED.

>> SECONDED.

>> AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN. THEREFORE, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN UNTIL OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING WHICH IS NOVEMBER 11, 2025, WHICH IS VETERAN'S DAY.

IT WILL BE HERE IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN THIS ROOM. CLOSED MEETING WILL START AT 5:30. OPEN MEETING AT 6:00, AND BECAUSE IT IS VETERAN'S DAY, THE DOORS WILL BE LOCKED UNTIL --

>> I BELIEVE WE HAVE ACCESS BEGINNING AT 4:30.

IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> SO WE'LL -- DOORS SHOULD BE OPEN AND WE SHOULD BE

GOOD. >> OKAY, AND THEN AFTER A CERTAIN TIME, IF YOU GO OUTSIDE, YOU HAVE TO COME BACK --

>> TRUE. THE DOORS WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOCK, SO WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET A STAFF MEMBER TO BE OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE NO ONE GETS LOCKED OUT DURING THE MEETING.

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>> PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

IN THAT CASE, WE'RE ADJOURNED.

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